The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:58 at Dublin 2025 put Antony Sheppard 614th of 898 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:13Running 1 4:36v median +1:32
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:20v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:40v median +0:12
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:14v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:57v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 6:19v median +0:45
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 6:47v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.