The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlie Bedson finished 783rd of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:28:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:04 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:15v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 4:26v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 4:40v median −0:17
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Block 04 13:22Running 4 4:48v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:04v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:12v median +0:12
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 6:17v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
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.