The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sion Owen finished 710th of 1,018 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:30:27.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:13, behind 91% of the field.
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 9:43Running 1 5:20v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:56v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 5:25v median +0:28
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:11v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:40v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:34v median +0:37
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:57v median +1:02
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 6:45v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.