The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gilles Schmidt finished 950th of 1,184 men in the Open division at Poznan 2025, in 1:40:58.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Poznan ran fast: the 826 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:35 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 4:49v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 4:53v median −0:04
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 6:06v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 5:51v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:06v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:43v median +0:21
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Block 07 14:21Running 7 5:28v median +0:10
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 6:47v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1173
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,173 men who finished.