The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Whitten finished 709th of 809 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2024, in 1:47:38.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux cost the whole field time: about 2:38 more than the average race this season, going by 499 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 2:52 on Dublin 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:45Running 1 5:54v median +0:28
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:37v median +0:50
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 5:45v median +0:29
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Block 04 13:55Running 4 5:55v median +0:39
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:24v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:04v median +0:49
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Block 07 12:48Running 7 6:16v median +1:00
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Block 08 22:18Running 8 7:26v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 783
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 783 men who finished.