The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:17 at Dublin 2025 put Dexter Sykes 299th of 898 men in the Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:01 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Dublin ran fast: the 1,442 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:46 quicker here than at their other races. Dexter Sykes's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 2:39v median −0:25
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 4:18v median −0:49
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 4:45v median −0:43
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:43v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:46v median −0:54
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:39v median −0:54
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Block 07 4:42Running 7 4:37v median −0:57
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 3:14v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.