The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rory Piers Spicer finished 58th of 319 men in the Open division at Oslo 2025, in 1:10:10, faster than 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 66% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:31, ahead of 89% of the field.
Oslo gave the field time back: about 0:47 faster than the average race this season, by 795 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:28Running 1 3:29v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:11v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 4:18v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 4:24v median −0:58
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:29v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:24v median −1:03
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 4:13v median −1:13
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Block 08 11:35Running 8 3:49v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 317
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 317 men who finished.