The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fernando Pérez Espinosa finished 511th of 1,018 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:22:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 40% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:12. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 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 9:31Running 1 4:50v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:27v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 4:59v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 4:52v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:03v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 4:42v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 4:35v median −0:20
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Block 08 10:59Running 8 4:53v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 996
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 996 men who finished.