The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:37 at Madrid 2025 put Alex Van den Berg 878th of 1,312 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:17 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Madrid. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:27.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 5:20v median +0:50
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:13v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:29v median +0:32
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 6:00v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:22v median +1:12
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:51v median +0:49
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:28v median +0:28
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 6:09v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.