The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexandre El Machkour finished 345th of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:21:32, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:21 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:53 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:31Running 1 3:57v median −0:26
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 4:17v median −0:23
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Block 03 10:20Running 3 4:47v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 4:34v median −0:29
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 4:15v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:06v median −0:56
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:13v median −0:49
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 4:32v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.