The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pa Whelan finished 581st of 955 men in the Open division at Dublin 2025, in 1:25:40.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:41 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:47 faster at Dublin 2025 than at Dublin 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:13v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:24v median +0:15
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:35v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 5:43v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:52v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:52v median +0:18
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 6:05v median +0:28
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Block 08 11:52Running 8 4:08v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 953
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 953 men who finished.