The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Paris 2025, Sébastien Perdu crossed the line in 1:25:33: 653rd of 1,397 men, faster than 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Paris ran slow: the 1,951 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:11 slower here than at their other races. 3:44 slower than at Paris 1 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 4:02v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 4:32v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 4:44v median −0:31
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 4:46v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:50v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:43v median −0:29
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 4:45v median −0:29
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 5:23v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1381
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,381 men who finished.