The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis Elsey took 2nd of 157 in the 30–34 age group at Sharjah 2025, in 1:02:34.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:01 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:22 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:41, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sharjah gained about 1:19. 7:54 faster than at Poznan 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:10v median −0:49
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 3:51v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:07Running 3 3:56v median −1:21
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Block 04 7:57Running 4 3:59v median −1:20
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:01v median −1:34
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 3:58v median −1:23
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Block 07 7:32Running 7 4:00v median −1:23
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Block 08 8:54Running 8 4:27v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 543
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 543 men who finished.