The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:07 at Valencia 2025 put John Bardsley 537th of 1,018 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:58 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:11Running 1 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:41v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:37v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 4:33v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:55v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 4:52v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 4:38v median −0:17
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Block 08 15:38Running 8 5:08v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
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.