The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Glasgow 2025, Matthew McCormick crossed the line in 1:17:53: 591st of 1,445 men, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:29 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Glasgow gave the field time back: about 0:54 faster than the average race this season, by 2,108 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 3:10v median −0:23
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:11v median +1:12
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:11v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:05v median −0:14
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:23v median −0:03
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:29v median +0:02
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 4:36v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1438
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,438 men who finished.