The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gavin Sweeney finished in the top 10% of the field at Dublin 2025, in 1:07:55 for 84th of 898 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:33 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:14, was faster than 95% of the field.
Dublin ran fast: the 1,442 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:46 quicker here than at their other races. Gavin Sweeney's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:54Running 1 2:34v median −0:30
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:14v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:31v median −0:57
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 4:38v median −0:53
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:29v median −1:11
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:17v median −1:16
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 4:18v median −1:16
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 3:13v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:14
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.