The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Francis finished 483rd of 715 men in the Open division at Warsaw 2025, in 1:31:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:11 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Warsaw gave the field time back: about 3:38 faster than the average race this season, by 1,074 athletes who raced both. David Francis's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:03v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:27v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:40v median +0:05
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Block 04 14:43Running 4 5:41v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:38v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:51v median +0:14
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Block 07 15:02Running 7 5:56v median +0:21
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 5:16v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.