The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:09 at Sharjah 2025 put Paul Barratt 499th of 576 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:44 on the median. A harder second half: 6:11 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:31v median −0:28
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Block 02 11:05Running 2 8:58v median +4:01
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Block 03 13:41Running 3 9:14v median +3:57
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 9:08v median +3:49
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Block 05 14:22Running 5 9:20v median +3:45
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 9:02v median +3:41
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Block 07 14:42Running 7 8:59v median +3:36
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 9:29v median +3:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.