The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Barcelona 2025, Diarmuid Laffan crossed the line in 1:19:30: 297th of 795 men, faster than 63% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:47 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:41 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:57 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:04Running 1 3:53v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:32v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:18v median +0:14
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 4:52v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 5:02v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:46v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 4:44v median −0:18
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 5:13v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.