The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Irish finished 422nd of 576 men in the Open division at Sharjah 2025, in 1:36:17.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:37. The race faded late: the second half went 4:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sharjah ran fast: the 173 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:19 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:14v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:16v median +0:19
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:39v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 6:06v median +0:47
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 7:02v median +1:27
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 7:07v median +1:46
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 6:06v median +0:43
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 8:01v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.