The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:38 at Madrid 2025 put Zac Newman 816th of 1,312 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 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 9:09Running 1 4:28v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:26v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 5:14v median +0:17
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 5:16v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:17v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 4:52v median −0:08
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 6:18v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.