The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:28 at Dublin 2025 put Marcel Bliss 624th of 898 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The sled push was where this race was made, 0:38 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 4:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:10v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:31v median +0:24
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 6:14v median +0:46
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Block 04 12:38Running 4 6:52v median +1:21
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:34v median +1:54
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:49v median +1:16
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 6:35v median +1:01
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 6:35v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:13
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.