The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Smith finished 903rd of 1,361 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:29:26.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:35 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 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. An improvement of 26:41 on Birmingham 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:40v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:35v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:46v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:03v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 4:54v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:02v median +0:08
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 6:06v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
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.