The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Glasgow 2024, Kyle Smith crossed the line in 1:26:11: 890th of 1,784 men, faster than 50% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:17 on the median. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Glasgow cost the whole field time: about 0:32 more than the average race this season, going by 1,134 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:25v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:45v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:28Running 3 6:26v median +1:08
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 6:31v median +1:14
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:35v median +1:08
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:51v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 5:41v median +0:24
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 6:51v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1766
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,766 men who finished.