The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:26 at Valencia 2025 put Filip Szpak 855th of 1,018 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:50. A harder second half: 1:29 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. 1:57 slower than at Katowice 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 5:28v median +0:37
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 6:11v median +1:35
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Block 03 12:16Running 3 6:38v median +1:41
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 6:21v median +1:26
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:39v median +1:32
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:21v median +1:24
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 6:24v median +1:29
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Block 08 15:14Running 8 7:53v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.