The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Balsgaard finished 80th of 196 men in the Pro division at Madrid 2025, in 1:13:41, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 94% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:56 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:53 more than the average race this season, going by 339 athletes who raced both. 7:32 slower than at Oslo 2025, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 3:49v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 4:00v median −0:02
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:04v median −0:13
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Block 04 7:23Running 4 4:09v median −0:10
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Block 05 8:21Running 5 4:11v median −0:15
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Block 06 5:53Running 6 4:10v median −0:12
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Block 07 14:29Running 7 10:56v median +6:33
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 5:10v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
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.