The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Ewan Ritchie at Madrid 2025: 1:07:01, 68th of 1,312 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:35 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:27, ahead of 98% of the field.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:39v median −0:51
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 3:36v median −1:06
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 3:37v median −1:20
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 3:40v median −1:19
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Block 05 8:15Running 5 3:49v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 3:46v median −1:16
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 3:43v median −1:17
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 4:21v median −1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1288
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,288 men who finished.