The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Saunders finished 476th of 538 men in the Open division at Melbourne 2023, in 1:51:14.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:27. A harder second half: 9:25 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 10:04Running 1 5:43v median +0:55
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:53v median +1:02
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 6:28v median +1:08
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Block 04 13:55Running 4 6:40v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:40v median +2:08
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 7:31v median +2:01
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Block 07 15:10Running 7 7:29v median +2:03
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Block 08 20:55Running 8 15:06v median +7:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.