The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Mulcahy finished 921st of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:33:15.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:59Running 1 4:09v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:24v median −0:18
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:22v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 5:10v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 5:37v median +0:27
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:13v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 5:26v median +0:26
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 6:45v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.