The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Paul Ratcliffe at Manchester 2024: 1:06:50, 119th of 1,206 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:48 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:10, was faster than 90% of the field.
The field ran 3:00 faster at Manchester 2024 than at Copenhagen 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:54Running 1 2:48v median −0:42
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 3:55v median −0:59
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:04v median −1:08
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Block 04 8:55Running 4 4:08v median −1:06
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Block 05 8:44Running 5 4:14v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:39Running 6 4:15v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 4:27v median −0:49
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 4:26v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1180
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,180 men who finished.