The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:41 at Manchester 2023 put James-Forbes Birnie 607th of 649 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:49 behind the median. A harder second half: 12:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:21 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 11:00Running 1 7:01v median +0:58
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 6:25v median +1:15
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 6:50v median +1:09
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Block 04 17:50Running 4 8:04v median +2:24
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 9:25v median +3:38
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Block 06 10:54Running 6 8:03v median +2:19
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Block 07 16:52Running 7 8:24v median +2:40
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Block 08 22:42Running 8 12:06v median +5:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:21
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.