The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:57 at Dublin 2023 put Pa Whelan 461st of 777 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:19 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Dublin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:09.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:45Running 1 3:17v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:33v median −0:05
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 5:46v median −0:29
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:43v median −0:27
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:06v median −0:24
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 6:02v median −0:12
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Block 07 15:50Running 7 6:16v median +0:01
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 6:48v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.