The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for James Francis at Rome 2025: 1:05:08, 79th of 1,367 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:36 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:16 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:09, was faster than 88% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Rome 2025 and Cardiff 2025 were 1:54 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 5:01v median −0:37
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 3:36v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:43Running 3 3:53v median −0:37
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Block 04 7:25Running 4 3:50v median −0:42
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Block 05 8:16Running 5 3:57v median −0:45
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 3:54v median −0:41
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Block 07 7:36Running 7 3:55v median −0:42
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Block 08 8:27Running 8 4:06v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1361
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,361 men who finished.