The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Platt finished 228th of 455 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:25:11.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 35% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:44 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Valencia cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 897 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:06Running 1 5:33v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:17v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 5:30v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 5:20v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:29v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:36v median +0:31
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:23v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:57v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.