The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcos Plaza Retamosa finished 671st of 1,361 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:23:54, faster than 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:28Running 1 3:52v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:08v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 4:20v median −0:32
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 4:32v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 4:52v median −0:10
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 4:41v median −0:15
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 4:36v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:58Running 8 5:38v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.