The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin O'Brien finished 457th of 752 men in the Open division at Melbourne 2025, in 1:29:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:47 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 7:14Running 1 2:38v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 4:33v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 4:49v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 4:50v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 5:05v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:57v median −0:05
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 4:59v median +0:00
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 6:49v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 746
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 746 men who finished.