The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:45 at Madrid 2025 put Neil Spencer 1,171st of 1,312 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:49. A harder second half: 8:01 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 10:27Running 1 5:43v median +1:13
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:53v median +1:11
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 6:23v median +1:26
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Block 04 13:02Running 4 6:18v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:04v median +1:54
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Block 06 9:50Running 6 6:47v median +1:45
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Block 07 13:23Running 7 7:26v median +2:26
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Block 08 19:07Running 8 10:26v median +4:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
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.