The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bordeaux 2025, Matthew Atkinson crossed the line in 1:12:03: 255th of 1,431 men, faster than 82% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:28 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:24 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Bordeaux gave the field time back: about 0:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,721 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 5:00v median +0:02
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 3:57v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:01Running 3 4:08v median −0:36
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 4:14v median −0:27
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:20v median −0:27
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:17v median −0:24
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:10v median −0:33
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 4:46v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1414
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,414 men who finished.