The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fred Macquet finished 1,112th of 1,477 men in the Open division at Marseille 2024, in 1:32:29.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:52 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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
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Block 01 13:59Running 1 9:54v median +4:00
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:07v median +0:46
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:28v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:19v median +0:38
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:24v median +0:38
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:33v median +0:54
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:26v median +0:50
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 6:09v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.