The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Dowd finished 781st of 927 men in the Open division at Chiba 2026, in 1:54:46.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:11, behind 90% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 4:59v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 5:30v median +0:21
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Block 03 14:31Running 3 7:14v median +1:39
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 6:06v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:44v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:00v median +0:16
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Block 07 18:14Running 7 8:35v median +2:48
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Block 08 17:37Running 8 5:25v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 924
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 924 men who finished.