The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Hamza Abzakh at Madrid 2025: 1:10:04, 138th of 1,312 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 98% of the field across all eight, against 71% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:21 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:44 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races. 2:35 slower than at Sharjah 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 4:02v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:17v median −0:25
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 4:27v median −0:30
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 4:40v median −0:19
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:51v median −0:11
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:40v median −0:20
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 5:49v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.