The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fernando Orteso finished 1,156th of 1,361 men in the Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:39:39.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:58 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. An improvement of 2:34 on Bilbao 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:10v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:40v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:31v median +0:39
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:39v median +0:48
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:42v median +1:40
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 7:27v median +2:31
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Block 07 13:40Running 7 6:29v median +1:35
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 8:26v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.