The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:22 at Madrid 2025 put Michael O'Flaherty 652nd of 1,361 men in the Open division, ahead of 52% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:55. The race faded late: the second half went 2:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:54Running 1 4:08v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:21v median −0:13
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 4:34v median −0:18
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:31v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:40v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:35v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 4:24v median −0:30
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 5:28v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1341
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,341 men who finished.