The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Marcelle took 3rd of 11 in the 55–59 age group at Shanghai 2025, in 1:29:02.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 63% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 5:28 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:52 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 6:49 faster at Shanghai 2025 than at Hong Kong 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 5:39v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:51v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 04 4:45Running 4 4:42v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:00v median −0:16
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:57v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 4:43v median −0:16
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 4:50v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:22
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.