The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:05 at Madrid 2025 put Sam Bernard 223rd of 1,312 men in the Open division, ahead of 83% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 93% of the field across all eight, against 70% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:37 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races. 1:17 faster than at Birmingham 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:08v median −0:22
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:25v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:37v median −0:20
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:43v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:43v median −0:27
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:45v median −0:17
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 5:38v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.