The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Barcelona 2025, Paddy Mc Sorely crossed the line in 1:10:14: 142nd of 1,106 men, faster than 87% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 65% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:26, was faster than 98% 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 3:50v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 3:47v median −0:47
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 3:59v median −0:59
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:04v median −0:55
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:02v median −1:00
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 3:58v median −0:59
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 4:00v median −0:58
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 4:09v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1080
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,080 men who finished.