The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James O'Brien finished in the top 10% of the field at Dublin 2025, in 1:03:28 for 32nd of 898 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:27 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:50 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:18, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Dublin gained about 1:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:30Running 1 2:28v median −0:36
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 6:00v median +0:53
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:16v median −1:12
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:22v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:40Running 5 4:29v median −1:11
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Block 06 5:31Running 6 4:26v median −1:07
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 4:32v median −1:02
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Block 08 6:50Running 8 3:02v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 895
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 895 men who finished.