The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc McArdle finished 306th of 455 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:33:27.
The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:59 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:13 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. 6:30 slower than at London 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:21v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:01v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 5:18v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:24v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:38v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 5:38v median +0:32
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 6:35v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.