The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yamin Benmessaoud finished 936th of 1,264 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:49:37.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:06. A harder second half: 3:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:37 more than the average race this season, going by 933 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 4:57v median +0:29
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Block 02 10:31Running 2 5:52v median +0:28
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Block 03 13:57Running 3 6:17v median +0:25
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 6:08v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 5:49v median −0:10
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 6:09v median +0:06
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Block 08 21:50Running 8 6:16v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1207
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,207 men who finished.