The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simeon Baker finished 456th of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:27:00.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:14 from the median. A harder second half: 2:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:36Running 1 4:10v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 5:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:36v median +0:32
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 5:20v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:40v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:38v median +0:36
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Block 07 10:59Running 7 5:38v median +0:36
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 6:38v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.