The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:16 at Dublin 2024 put Gearoid O'Sullivan 373rd of 1,221 men in the Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:05 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Dublin gave the field time back: about 0:46 faster than the average race this season, by 1,044 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:45Running 1 2:38v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:28v median −0:44
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:48v median −0:56
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:07v median +0:20
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 5:02v median −0:59
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:45v median +0:55
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:10v median −0:41
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Block 08 8:22Running 8 3:50v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1106
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,106 men who finished.