The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Papaya finished 857th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2025, in 1:25:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:00. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux ran fast: the 1,721 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 5:06v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:18v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 4:43v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 4:44v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 4:50v median +0:00
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 4:50v median +0:05
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 4:54v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 5:28v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.