The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Nisbett finished 649th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 2:51:35.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 6:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 51:45 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 11:05Running 1 6:16v median +0:13
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Block 02 14:25Running 2 5:10v median +0:00
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Block 03 16:20Running 3 5:44v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 5:45v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:41v median −0:06
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:41v median −0:03
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 5:54v median +0:10
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Block 08 18:04Running 8 6:50v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 1:08:18
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.