The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Hamza Abzakh at Sharjah 2025: 1:07:29, 39th of 576 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 75% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:38 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sharjah gained about 1:19. Hamza Abzakh's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:47v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:42v median −0:15
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Block 03 7:19Running 3 4:44v median −0:33
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 4:57v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 5:05v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:43v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:44v median −0:39
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Block 08 8:53Running 8 5:23v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
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.