The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:20 at Paris 2025 put Virgile Kutos-Bertin 791st of 1,397 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 2:11 more than the average race this season, going by 1,951 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:53Running 1 4:26v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:20v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:42v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:47v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:43v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 6:08v median +0:56
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 5:44v median +0:30
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 6:07v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.