The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Damien Walsh finished 682nd of 777 men in the Open division at Dublin 2023, in 1:55:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:23. A harder second half: 3:14 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 8:19Running 1 3:36v median +0:09
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 5:48v median +0:10
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Block 03 14:32Running 3 6:44v median +0:29
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Block 04 15:34Running 4 7:28v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:13v median +0:43
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 6:58v median +0:44
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 6:54v median +0:39
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Block 08 23:49Running 8 7:09v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.