The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Romain Boulhaut finished 1,060th of 1,347 men in the Open division at Paris 2025, in 1:39:26.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:55 better against the middle of the field than the first. 9:35 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 8:19Running 1 4:04v median −0:06
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:27v median +0:38
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 7:00v median +1:44
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Block 04 14:43Running 4 9:23v median +4:09
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:51v median +1:30
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 6:04v median +0:51
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 5:26v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 7:03v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1325
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,325 men who finished.