The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Melbourne 2025, Tomas Gertler crossed the line in 1:22:18: 954th of 2,118 men, faster than 55% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 67% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 42% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 1:43. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 7:00Running 1 2:21v median −0:18
-
Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:10v median −0:25
-
Block 03 10:52Running 3 4:31v median −0:24
-
Block 04 8:19Running 4 4:25v median −0:32
-
Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:35v median −0:33
-
Block 06 8:32Running 6 4:45v median −0:17
-
Block 07 8:59Running 7 5:05v median +0:06
-
Block 08 13:23Running 8 6:06v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2103
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,103 men who finished.