The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Madrid 2025, Borja Plaza Medrano crossed the line in 1:18:02: 371st of 1,312 men, faster than 72% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 91% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 44% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 0:59 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 3:48v median −0:42
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 3:59v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:12v median −0:45
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 3:58v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:20v median −0:50
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:08v median −0:54
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 4:08v median −0:52
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Block 08 11:22Running 8 4:51v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.