The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:58 at Madrid 2025 put Pablo Francesch 796th of 1,312 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:40 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:17v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:04v median −0:38
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:13v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:30v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:28v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 4:21v median −0:39
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 5:34v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.