The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Madrid 2025, Sander van de Poppe crossed the line in 1:15:24: 290th of 1,312 men, faster than 78% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:20 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 5:03, ahead of 91% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:27 more than the average race this season, going by 1,531 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:27v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:51v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 5:00v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 5:10v median +0:00
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:55v median −0:07
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 4:45v median −0:15
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Block 08 11:17Running 8 5:45v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:03
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.