The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Da Sylva finished 1,235th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2025, in 1:40:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:01Running 1 5:14v median +0:10
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 4:24v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 4:56v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 4:52v median +0:08
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 4:50v median +0:00
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 4:52v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 4:41v median −0:06
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 6:46v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.