The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Schmidt finished 1,206th of 1,312 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:53:34.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:12 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:24 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 12:37Running 1 7:45v median +3:15
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:54v median +1:12
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Block 03 11:48Running 3 5:58v median +1:01
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Block 04 14:14Running 4 6:16v median +1:17
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:42v median +1:32
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 6:33v median +1:31
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Block 07 14:46Running 7 6:31v median +1:31
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Block 08 17:38Running 8 9:00v median +2:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:24
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.