The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:26 at London 2025 put Michael Cleary-Gaffney 969th of 1,917 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London gained about 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:56v median +0:20
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:10v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:31v median −0:18
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:28v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:32v median −0:26
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:31v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:14v median −0:41
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Block 08 12:41Running 8 5:32v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1855
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,855 men who finished.