The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:04 at Manchester 2023 put Mathew Gearon 555th of 649 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:19 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 373 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:09 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 6:21v median +0:18
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Block 02 10:14Running 2 5:12v median +0:02
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:59v median +0:18
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 6:11v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 6:02v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 5:58v median +0:14
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 6:03v median +0:19
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Block 08 26:19Running 8 7:13v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.