The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zak Merchoud won the 50–54 age group at Dubai 2024 in 1:11:45, first of 11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:23 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Dubai gave the field time back: about 4:16 faster than the average race this season, by 148 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:12v median −0:46
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:14v median −0:43
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 4:28v median −0:57
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:20v median −1:05
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 4:31v median −1:12
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:18v median −1:08
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 4:10v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 4:51v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
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.