The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris May finished 319th of 914 men in the Open division at Shanghai 2025, in 1:27:26, faster than 65% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:02 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Shanghai gained about 2:15.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 4:50v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:08v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:17v median −0:43
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:22v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:41v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:27v median −0:32
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Block 07 11:59Running 7 4:25v median −0:34
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 5:32v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 901
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 901 men who finished.