The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Roddy finished 554th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:50:45.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:25 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 3:09 more than the average race this season, going by 373 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:21Running 1 7:26v median +1:23
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 6:05v median +0:55
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:32v median +0:51
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Block 04 14:27Running 4 6:58v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 7:05v median +1:18
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Block 06 10:02Running 6 6:58v median +1:14
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Block 07 14:05Running 7 7:17v median +1:33
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Block 08 19:03Running 8 12:24v median +5:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 men who finished.