The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Mellor finished 969th of 1,784 men in the Open division at Glasgow 2024, in 1:27:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:07 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 9:19Running 1 4:51v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 4:50v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:05v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:03v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:11v median −0:16
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:13v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 5:10v median −0:07
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Block 08 15:22Running 8 5:40v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.