The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Burdall finished 185th of 515 men in the Open division at Rio de Janeiro 2025, in 1:24:23, faster than 64% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 56% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:02. Stronger after halfway: 2:52 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Rio de Janeiro. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57. That was 3:17 off the time at Rome 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:40Running 1 3:32v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:49v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:13v median −0:25
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:14v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:18v median −0:31
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:18v median −0:20
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:10v median −0:33
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Block 08 10:06Running 8 4:27v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.