The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Parkin took 3rd of 250 in the 35–39 age group at Vienna 2025, in 54:28.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:22 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:06, ahead of 99% of the field.
The field ran 4:25 faster at Vienna 2025 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:21Running 1 3:33v median −1:05
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Block 02 5:28Running 2 3:26v median −1:13
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Block 03 6:12Running 3 3:35v median −1:21
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Block 04 6:13Running 4 3:34v median −1:21
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Block 05 7:36Running 5 3:37v median −1:27
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Block 06 5:00Running 6 3:35v median −1:21
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Block 07 5:59Running 7 3:39v median −1:18
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Block 08 7:41Running 8 3:58v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1352
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,352 men who finished.