The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gerard Kijlstra finished 927th of 1,018 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:45:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 11:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:46 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:18Running 1 5:31v median +0:40
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 4:56v median +0:20
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 5:13v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 5:20v median +0:25
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:43v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 5:38v median +0:41
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 08 24:29Running 8 6:20v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.