The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jaakko Vahtola finished 350th of 538 men in the Open division at Melbourne 2023, in 1:34:19.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:30 on the median. A harder second half: 3:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:20v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 5:37v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 6:07v median +0:47
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 6:00v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 6:06v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:15v median +0:45
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 6:25v median +0:59
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Block 08 15:03Running 8 9:25v median +2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 530
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 530 men who finished.