The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:19 at Valencia 2025 put Antonio Martínez Botella 895th of 1,018 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 28% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:52. A harder second half: 2:28 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:43Running 1 5:43v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:03v median +0:27
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Block 03 14:05Running 3 5:25v median +0:28
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:28v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:35v median +0:28
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 5:17v median +0:20
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 6:00v median +0:34
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.