The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:51 at Sharjah 2025 put Ronan Banks 492nd of 576 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sharjah gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 173 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:10v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 5:16v median +0:19
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 5:33v median +0:16
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Block 04 15:29Running 4 5:42v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 5:52v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:51v median +0:30
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Block 07 15:45Running 7 5:49v median +0:26
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 7:17v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.