The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Saxby finished 630th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 2:15:53.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:01. The race faded late: the second half went 8:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:22Running 1 7:43v median +1:40
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Block 02 11:09Running 2 7:10v median +2:00
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Block 03 16:05Running 3 9:21v median +3:40
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Block 04 18:49Running 4 9:24v median +3:44
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Block 05 15:01Running 5 9:53v median +4:06
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Block 06 11:17Running 6 8:51v median +3:07
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Block 07 16:46Running 7 9:19v median +3:35
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Block 08 26:17Running 8 11:29v median +4:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.