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The sandbag
lunges.

Half of Open men finish the 100 m sandbag lunges in under 5:18, half of Open women in under 5:10. The fastest 10% are under 3:51 and 3:48.

100 m station 7 of 8 between Run 7 and Run 8 1,335,786 finishes · all seasons

How long it takes, by division · all seasons

Some standards changed over the years, so older times aren’t always comparable.

Singles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Open · Men

3:51 5:18 353,551

Open · Women

3:48 5:10 193,276

Pro · Men

3:37 5:00 68,769

Pro · Women

3:46 5:06 30,755

Doubles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Doubles · Men

2:45 3:34 204,216

Doubles · Women

2:55 3:46 207,524

Doubles · Mixed

3:01 4:01 216,265

Pro Doubles · Men

2:45 3:35 38,621

Pro Doubles · Women

3:05 4:00 22,474

Pro Doubles · Mixed

2:31 3:03 335

Middle half Middle 80% Median

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Season by season · median sandbag lunges, lower is faster

4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9* Open · Men · season 1: median 5:14 Open · Men · season 2: median 5:17 Open · Men · season 3: median 5:52 Open · Men · season 4: median 5:07 Open · Men · season 5: median 5:02 Open · Men · season 6: median 5:06 Open · Men · season 7: median 5:09 Open · Men · season 8: median 5:20 Open · Men · season 9 (in progress): median 5:37 Men 5:37 Open · Women · season 1: median 4:56 Open · Women · season 2: median 4:59 Open · Women · season 3: median 6:35 Open · Women · season 4: median 4:48 Open · Women · season 5: median 4:47 Open · Women · season 6: median 4:53 Open · Women · season 7: median 5:01 Open · Women · season 8: median 5:14 Open · Women · season 9 (in progress): median 5:28 Women 5:28

Men Women * season in progress

The field grew from 4,819 finishes in season 1 to 744,286 at its peak, so a shift in the median says as much about who races as about how fast.

Where your lunges time puts you

Percentile

Open Men Women
Top 1% 2:59 2:59
Top 5% 3:32 3:31
Top 10% 3:51 3:48
Top 25% 4:27 4:22
Median 5:18 5:10
Bottom 25% 6:27 6:17
Bottom 10% 7:59 7:46

Share of the field under

3:00 1% 1%
4:00 13% 14%
6:00 67% 70%
7:00 82% 84%
8:00 90% 91%

By finish time · Open · Men

Athletes finishing in 3:20–3:30 spend 14:20 longer on the sandbag lunges than those finishing in 0:50–1:00.

FinishLungesOf race
0:50–1:00
3:02 5.5%
1:00–1:10
3:47 5.8%
1:10–1:20
4:27 5.9%
1:20–1:30
5:07 6%
1:30–1:40
5:47 6.1%
1:40–1:50
6:32 6.2%
1:50–2:00
7:17 6.3%
2:00–2:10
7:57 6.4%
2:10–2:20
8:37 6.4%
2:20–2:30
9:22 6.5%
2:30–2:40
10:17 6.6%
2:40–2:50
11:02 6.7%
2:50–3:00
11:47 6.7%
3:00–3:10
13:07 7.1%
3:10–3:20
13:22 6.9%
3:20–3:30
17:22 8.5%

By age · Open median

16-24
5:02 4:57
25-29
5:02 4:57
30-34
5:07 5:07
35-39
5:17 5:12
40-44
5:32 5:17
45-49
5:42 5:32
50-54
5:57 5:42
55-59
6:22 6:02
60-64
6:32 6:12
65-69
6:52 6:57
70-74
7:52 7:17

Men Women

Against the other stations · Open men median

1 SkiErg
4:33 2 Sled push
3:03 3 Sled pull
4:57 4 Burpee broad jump
5:35 5 Row
4:53 6 Farmers carry
2:11 7 Sandbag lunges
5:18 8 Wall balls
6:58

Which races ran it slow · Open · Men · season 9

Based on athletes who also raced elsewhere that season, so a strong or weak field doesn’t skew it. It describes that race, not the venue in general.

Slower than their other races

Toronto
+14 s 720 raced elsewhere
Tenerife
+13 s 383 raced elsewhere
Rome
+12 s 1,484 raced elsewhere
Sydney
+9 s 1,006 raced elsewhere
Perth
+9 s 381 raced elsewhere

Quicker than their other races

Beijing
−26 s 545 raced elsewhere
Bordeaux
−14 s 1,134 raced elsewhere
Valencia
−13 s 661 raced elsewhere
Chiba
−13 s 530 raced elsewhere
Oslo
−8 s 483 raced elsewhere

The fastest 1%

1 in 100 Open men finishes in under 2:59.

Open

Men
under 2:59 3,535 of 353,551
Women
under 2:59 1,932 of 193,276

Pro

Men
under 2:50 687 of 68,769
Women
under 3:02 307 of 30,755

Doubles

Men
under 2:15 2,042 of 204,216
Women
under 2:24 2,075 of 207,524
Mixed
under 2:23 2,162 of 216,265

Pro Doubles

Men
under 2:15 386 of 38,621
Women
under 2:32 224 of 22,474
Mixed
under 2:09 3 of 335

Timed mat to mat. Walking in and out counts as roxzone. Splits under 1:30 are timing errors and left out.

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