The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paolo Gamba finished 546th of 892 men in the Open division at Acapulco 2025, in 1:43:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:01. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:37 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Acapulco cost the whole field time: about 3:17 more than the average race this season, going by 441 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:19Running 1 7:54v median +2:32
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 4:49v median −0:24
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Block 03 14:40Running 3 5:48v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:22v median −0:25
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 5:48v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 4:56v median −0:54
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 4:36v median −1:20
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Block 08 15:25Running 8 6:34v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 886
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 886 men who finished.