The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Madrid 2025, Pedro Baltazar crossed the line in 1:24:57: 644th of 1,312 men, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. A harder second half: 4:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:27 more than the average race this season, going by 1,531 athletes who raced both. Pedro Baltazar's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:00v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:39v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:51v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 4:47v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:50v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 7:20v median +2:20
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Block 08 15:27Running 8 7:58v median +1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.