The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Álvaro Sánchez-Ballesteros finished 1,140th of 1,361 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:38:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 1:24. The race faded late: the second half went 6:03 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 10:19Running 1 5:27v median +1:02
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:38v median +1:04
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 6:11v median +1:19
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 5:56v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 6:29v median +1:27
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Block 06 10:32Running 6 6:48v median +1:52
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 7:01v median +2:07
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 9:46v median +3:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.