The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Jones finished 196th of 270 men in the Open division at Dubai 2023, in 1:39:54.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:31. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Dubai gained about 3:03.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:59Running 1 7:09v median +2:44
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 5:41v median +0:13
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 5:50v median −0:10
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:34v median −0:24
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:55v median −0:04
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Block 07 15:03Running 7 6:01v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:52Running 8 7:23v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 244
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 244 men who finished.