The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Micah Shepard finished 513th of 914 men in the Open division at Shanghai 2025, in 1:35:50.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Shanghai ran fast: the 468 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:15 quicker here than at their other races. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Micah Shepard.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:05Running 1 5:25v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 4:33v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 4:40v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 5:33v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 4:51v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 4:53v median −0:06
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 5:50v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:31
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.