The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Armstrong finished 379th of 577 men in the Open division at Abu Dhabi 2025, in 1:36:12.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:06 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 9:25Running 1 4:50v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 4:26v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 4:53v median −0:23
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 4:46v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:33v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 4:45v median −0:27
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 4:38v median −0:31
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Block 08 15:38Running 8 5:53v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 575
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 575 men who finished.