The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Bassett finished in the top 10% of the field at Madrid 2025, in 1:04:57 for 19th of 196 men in the Pro division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:26 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:28, was faster than 90% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:53 more than the average race this season, going by 339 athletes who raced both. That was 0:26 off the time at Dublin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:51Running 1 3:34v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 3:38v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:10Running 3 3:41v median −0:36
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Block 04 7:01Running 4 3:43v median −0:36
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Block 05 8:05Running 5 3:50v median −0:36
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 3:54v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:05Running 7 3:53v median −0:30
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 4:31v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 195
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 195 men who finished.