The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Valencia 2025, Baptiste Bâlé crossed the line in 1:18:23: 136th of 455 men, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:36 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:16 behind the median.
Valencia cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 897 athletes who raced both. That was 0:16 off the time at Paris 1 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:07v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:03v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:24v median −0:39
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 4:25v median −0:38
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:42v median −0:32
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 4:36v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 4:37v median −0:29
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 5:02v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 448
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 448 men who finished.