The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Billy Baxter finished 432nd of 468 men in the Open division at Dublin 2025, in 1:46:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 23% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:49 faster at Dublin 2025 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 3:24v median +0:17
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 5:50v median +0:43
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 6:11v median +0:43
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 6:19v median +0:50
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:29v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:13v median +0:40
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Block 07 15:58Running 7 6:18v median +0:44
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Block 08 16:19Running 8 4:35v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 467
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 467 men who finished.