The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Williams finished 616th of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:35:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:35 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 8:34Running 1 4:09v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:59v median +0:19
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 5:36v median +0:32
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:51v median +0:41
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 5:17v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 08 20:17Running 8 5:18v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:50
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.