The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oliver Black finished in the top 10% of the field at Copenhagen 2025, in 1:03:26 for 39th of 1,323 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:27 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:57, was faster than 92% of the field.
Copenhagen gave the field time back: about 1:59 faster than the average race this season, by 796 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 4:19 on Manchester 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:52v median −1:11
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Block 02 5:50Running 2 3:37v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:18Running 3 3:57v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:45Running 4 3:55v median −0:56
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 3:58v median −1:04
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 3:58v median −0:57
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Block 07 6:39Running 7 4:05v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:51Running 8 4:31v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1282
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,282 men who finished.