The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Beckett finished 471st of 576 men in the Open division at Sharjah 2025, in 1:43:13.
The runs carried this race: faster than 30% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:46. A harder second half: 7:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:00Running 1 4:31v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 5:29v median +0:32
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:54v median +0:37
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 5:46v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:55v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:49v median +0:28
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Block 07 17:05Running 7 5:46v median +0:23
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 7:43v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.