The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Duncan Edser finished 952nd of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:34:31.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:50 slower at Madrid 2025 than at London 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 5:18v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:18v median +0:36
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:34v median +0:37
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Block 04 13:06Running 4 5:57v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:54v median +0:44
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:56v median +0:54
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:51v median +0:51
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Block 08 15:36Running 8 7:25v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.