The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Miguel Franco Ruas at Madrid 2025: 1:08:44, 127th of 1,361 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 96% of the field across all eight, against 76% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:29 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:59 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:27 more than the average race this season, going by 1,531 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 0:53 on Valencia 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:19Running 1 3:58v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:14v median −0:20
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:18v median −0:34
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Block 04 8:07Running 4 4:21v median −0:30
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Block 05 9:06Running 5 4:39v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:26v median −0:30
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:28v median −0:26
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 5:18v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1341
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,341 men who finished.