The race, in three figures
The race, in words
steven spalding finished 862nd of 898 men in the Open division at Dublin 2025, in 1:54:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:18, behind 90% of the field.
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 4:06v median +1:02
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 6:31v median +1:24
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 6:50v median +1:22
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Block 04 18:21Running 4 7:06v median +1:35
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 7:17v median +1:37
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 7:11v median +1:38
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Block 07 17:27Running 7 7:25v median +1:51
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Block 08 16:45Running 8 5:47v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.