The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Donohue finished 531st of 898 men in the Open division at Dublin 2025, in 1:25:13.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:03 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:39 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Dublin gave the field time back: about 1:46 faster than the average race this season, by 1,442 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:53v median +1:49
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:38v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:55v median +0:27
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 5:51v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 6:06v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:49v median +0:16
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Block 07 5:54Running 7 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 5:40v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:40
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.