The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julien Ghossoub finished 364th of 576 men in the Open division at Sharjah 2025, in 1:29:07.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sharjah ran fast: the 173 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:19 quicker here than at their other races. That was 1:11 off the time at Poznan 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:49v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:56v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:10v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:24v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:31v median −0:04
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:33v median +0:12
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 5:33v median +0:10
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 7:12v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.