The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:57:26 at Dublin 2023 put Rory Mcgrath 694th of 777 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Dublin ran slow: the 476 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:09 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 3:52v median +0:25
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Block 02 11:18Running 2 6:11v median +0:33
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Block 03 13:59Running 3 6:33v median +0:18
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Block 04 14:17Running 4 6:37v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:39v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:28v median +0:14
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Block 07 21:38Running 7 6:54v median +0:39
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Block 08 20:23Running 8 7:15v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.