The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Thompson finished 560th of 768 men in the Open division at Warsaw 2025, in 1:29:36.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:24 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Warsaw ran fast: the 1,074 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:38 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 12:55 on Birmingham 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:22v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:57v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 6:07v median +0:42
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 6:07v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:22v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:15v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:24Running 7 6:16v median +0:50
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 5:49v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 756
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 756 men who finished.