The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daren Liew finished 383rd of 455 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:44:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:11. The race faded late: the second half went 10:34 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. 10:39 slower than at Taipei 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:15v median +0:18
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 5:01v median +0:17
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 5:03v median +0:00
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 5:16v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:44v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 5:35v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 5:29v median +0:23
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Block 08 22:36Running 8 6:15v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.