The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luis Miguel Mera finished 1,173rd of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:48:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 25% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:42Running 1 6:22v median +1:52
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 4:39v median −0:03
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 5:08v median +0:11
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 5:15v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:19v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 5:41v median +0:39
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:22v median +0:22
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Block 08 22:08Running 8 6:31v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.