The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Gallagher finished 390th of 576 men in the Open division at Sharjah 2025, in 1:32:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:08 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:45v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:37v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:34v median +0:17
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 5:12v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:41v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:37v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 5:25v median +0:02
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Block 08 14:40Running 8 6:34v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.