The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Madrid 2025, Barry Whelan crossed the line in 1:16:17: 313th of 1,312 men, faster than 76% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 82% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:49 ahead of the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 86% 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. An improvement of 2:58 on Riga 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:36v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 4:54v median −0:03
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:57v median −0:02
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:06v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:56v median −0:06
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 4:56v median −0:04
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 5:53v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.