The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Dunning finished 512th of 777 men in the Open division at Dublin 2023, in 1:39:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:21Running 1 3:47v median +0:20
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Block 02 10:18Running 2 7:05v median +1:27
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:48v median −0:27
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Block 04 14:00Running 4 7:15v median +1:05
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 7:31v median +1:01
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:20v median +1:06
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Block 07 14:00Running 7 7:30v median +1:15
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 7:29v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.