The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leon Matser finished 992nd of 1,018 men in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 2:00:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:32 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:22 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
This was a slow day in Valencia. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42. 3:29 slower than at Rotterdam 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:27Running 1 6:31v median +1:40
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Block 02 10:11Running 2 6:26v median +1:50
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Block 03 13:03Running 3 6:46v median +1:49
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Block 04 15:24Running 4 7:02v median +2:07
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Block 05 12:34Running 5 6:56v median +1:49
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 7:19v median +2:22
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Block 07 19:48Running 7 7:14v median +2:19
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Block 08 18:30Running 8 7:36v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.