The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melk Z Deck finished in the top 10% of the field at Rio de Janeiro 2025, in 1:12:49 for 44th of 515 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:30 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rio de Janeiro cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 227 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:25v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 4:20v median −0:56
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:42v median −0:56
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 4:44v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:46v median −1:03
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:36v median −1:02
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 4:45v median −0:58
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:10v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 508
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 508 men who finished.