The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Vienna 2025, David Luu crossed the line in 1:16:52: 618th of 1,356 men, faster than 54% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Vienna gained about 2:53. David Luu's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:10v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 4:00v median −0:39
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:28v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 4:32v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:43v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 4:27v median −0:30
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Block 08 10:53Running 8 5:20v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
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.