The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:20 at Rimini 2025 put John Needham 346th of 596 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 29% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:12 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rimini cost the whole field time: about 0:31 more than the average race this season, going by 1,273 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 3:51v median −0:54
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:19v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:51v median −0:19
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:45v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:54v median −0:21
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 4:52v median −0:16
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 4:36v median −0:30
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 6:22v median +2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 591
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 591 men who finished.