The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niclas Herbst finished 1,148th of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:45:29.
A station race more than a running one: 27% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:27. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:43Running 1 7:27v median +2:57
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 5:32v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:41v median +0:44
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Block 04 12:36Running 4 8:25v median +3:26
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Block 05 13:57Running 5 8:25v median +3:15
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:22v median +0:20
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 5:27v median +0:27
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Block 08 17:58Running 8 9:39v median +3:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.