The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mehdi Bendref finished 141st of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:13:12, faster than 82% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:14 on the median. A harder second half: 2:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 85% of the field.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 1:00 more than the average race this season, going by 1,204 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:51v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:09v median −0:31
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:23v median −0:41
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 4:20v median −0:43
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Block 05 9:06Running 5 4:35v median −0:35
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:28v median −0:34
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:30v median −0:32
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 4:49v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 783
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 783 men who finished.