The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Facundo Pomponio finished 228th of 515 men in the Open division at Rio de Janeiro 2025, in 1:26:58, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:11 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rio de Janeiro cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 227 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:14v median −0:51
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Block 02 11:23Running 2 7:39v median +2:23
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 4:27v median −1:11
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:32v median −1:06
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:00v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 4:33v median −1:05
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 4:41v median −1:02
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 5:01v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 508
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 508 men who finished.