The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sylvain Gaydon finished 988th of 1,477 men in the Open division at Marseille 2024, in 1:28:24.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:10 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Marseille gave the field time back: about 0:30 faster than the average race this season, by 895 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 10:29Running 1 6:13v median +0:19
-
Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:32v median +0:11
-
Block 03 9:48Running 3 4:48v median +0:04
-
Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:22v median +0:41
-
Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:20v median +0:34
-
Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:34v median +0:55
-
Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:14v median +0:38
-
Block 08 13:16Running 8 6:23v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1437
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,437 men who finished.