The race, in three figures
The race, in words
57:59 at Barcelona 2025 put Alan Cao on the age-group podium: 3rd of 119 in the 30–34 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:34 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:03, was faster than 94% of the field.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 1:25 more than the average race this season, going by 244 athletes who raced both. That was 0:14 off the time at Cologne 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 3:12v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 3:26v median −0:30
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Block 03 7:15Running 3 3:37v median −0:40
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Block 04 6:15Running 4 3:43v median −0:36
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Block 05 7:47Running 5 3:51v median −0:31
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 3:41v median −0:37
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Block 07 6:57Running 7 3:36v median −0:46
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Block 08 7:24Running 8 3:41v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 337
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 337 men who finished.