The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nigel Whittaker finished 834th of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:30:10.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 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. 10:42 faster than at Birmingham 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 4:57v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:07v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:20v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:18v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:30v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 07 10:47Running 7 5:33v median +0:33
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Block 08 16:19Running 8 6:30v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.