The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Reece Merrick at Dubai 2024: 1:08:24, 30th of 361 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 99% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:42 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:17, was faster than 89% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Dubai 2024 and Dubai 2023 were 6:40 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:08Running 1 2:57v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 3:43v median −1:14
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Block 03 8:04Running 3 3:52v median −1:33
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Block 04 7:56Running 4 4:00v median −1:25
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:03v median −1:40
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:07v median −1:19
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 3:53v median −1:30
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 4:25v median −1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 351
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 351 men who finished.