The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hacen Merdji finished 889th of 1,361 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:29:06.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:32. A harder second half: 3:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:48Running 1 3:50v median −0:35
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:09v median −0:25
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 4:34v median −0:18
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:20v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 4:54v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:29v median −0:27
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 4:32v median −0:22
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Block 08 17:50Running 8 5:44v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.