The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Selina Vernal finished 153rd of 281 women in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:36:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:06. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 4:40 more than the average race this season, going by 160 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:31Running 1 6:20v median −0:36
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:19v median −0:27
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:58v median −0:08
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 5:48v median −0:21
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 5:54v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:55v median −0:16
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 6:11v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 7:36v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 273
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 273 women who finished.