The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karl Swan took 3rd of 53 in the 50–54 age group at Barcelona 2025, in 1:11:13.
A station race more than a running one: 91% of the field beaten on the stations, against 71% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:45 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Barcelona ran slow: the 1,204 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:52v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:10v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 4:22v median −0:36
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Block 04 7:55Running 4 4:31v median −0:28
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:21v median −0:41
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Block 06 5:57Running 6 4:20v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 6:17v median +1:19
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 4:35v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
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.