The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2022, Tyler Saunders crossed the line in 1:20:52: 310th of 960 men, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:54 on the median. A harder second half: 4:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2021 were 6:28 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 5:11v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 4:23v median −0:31
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:36v median −0:47
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Block 04 7:30Running 4 4:34v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:35v median −0:58
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 4:32v median −0:54
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 4:48v median −0:34
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 5:00v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 922
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 922 men who finished.