The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Merrell finished 128th of 213 men in the Pro division at Warsaw 2025, in 1:21:29.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Warsaw gained about 1:43. Ben Merrell's fastest of 2 finishes in the Pro division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:35v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 4:44v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 4:50v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:09v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:05v median +0:05
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 5:04v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 4:29v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 207
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 207 men who finished.