The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Graeme Woods finished 360th of 576 men in the Open division at Sharjah 2025, in 1:28:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sharjah gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 173 athletes who raced both. 0:28 slower than at Doha 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:11v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:50v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:47v median −0:30
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 5:02v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:11v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:08v median −0:13
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:09v median −0:14
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 6:16v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.