The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mel Beggan finished 200th of 777 men in the Open division at Dublin 2023, in 1:24:12, faster than 74% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 61% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:50 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Dublin cost the whole field time: about 5:09 more than the average race this season, going by 476 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:23v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:18v median −0:20
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 6:06v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 7:17v median +1:07
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 6:10v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 6:02v median −0:12
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 5:52v median −0:23
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 5:43v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 730
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 730 men who finished.