The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Madrid 2025, Alex Escudero crossed the line in 1:11:44: 174th of 1,312 men, faster than 87% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 63% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:39, was faster than 96% 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. That was 6:54 off the time at Valencia 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:28v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 3:42v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:27Running 3 3:56v median −1:01
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 4:00v median −0:59
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:06v median −1:04
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:06v median −0:56
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Block 07 8:45Running 7 4:13v median −0:47
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 4:48v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
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.