The race, in three figures
The race, in words
59:04 at Berlin 2025 put Paul O Brien on the age-group podium: 3rd of 45 in the 40–44 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:34 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 5:55, ahead of 92% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 3:38 faster than the average race this season, by 409 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 0:36 on Copenhagen 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:27Running 1 2:42v median −0:27
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 3:07v median −0:36
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Block 03 6:43Running 3 3:13v median −0:45
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Block 04 6:01Running 4 3:17v median −0:44
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Block 05 7:18Running 5 3:27v median −0:38
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Block 06 4:53Running 6 3:21v median −0:42
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Block 07 6:58Running 7 3:25v median −0:40
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 4:26v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 346
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 346 men who finished.