The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Hepworth finished 617th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 2:06:15.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:25. The race faded late: the second half went 4:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:41 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 11:29Running 1 6:33v median +0:30
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Block 02 14:13Running 2 5:46v median +0:36
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Block 03 13:41Running 3 6:59v median +1:18
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Block 04 16:03Running 4 7:56v median +2:16
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:43v median +0:56
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 7:14v median +1:30
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 7:02v median +1:18
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Block 08 24:23Running 8 9:11v median +2:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:41
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.