The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:36 at Madrid 2025 put Michael Goldsbrough 1,153rd of 1,361 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:54 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:21 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,531 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 5:31v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:35v median +1:01
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:53v median +1:01
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:03v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:07v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:09v median +1:13
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Block 07 5:59Running 7 5:57v median +1:03
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Block 08 14:21Running 8 6:59v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:59
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.