The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Butler finished 374th of 455 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:43:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:47. Stronger after halfway: 2:54 better against the middle of the field 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 10:58Running 1 5:35v median +0:38
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Block 02 10:51Running 2 5:11v median +0:27
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Block 03 14:17Running 3 5:31v median +0:28
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 5:20v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:27v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:21v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 5:29v median +0:23
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Block 08 17:47Running 8 5:50v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.