The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mehmet Sahman finished 656th of 1,018 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:28:15.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Valencia ran slow: the 897 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:33v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:12v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:28v median +0:31
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:46v median +0:51
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:42v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:23v median +0:26
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 6:35v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.