The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Sharjah 2025, Amir Boureslan crossed the line in 1:11:13: 74th of 576 men, faster than 87% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 65% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:13 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:07, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sharjah gained about 1:19. That was 0:30 off the time at Doha 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:17Running 1 3:00v median −0:59
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 3:49v median −1:08
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:20v median −0:57
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Block 04 8:39Running 4 4:15v median −1:04
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:31v median −1:04
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:16v median −1:05
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 4:24v median −0:59
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 4:40v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:07
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.