The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Darley finished 683rd of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:41:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:32. A harder second half: 4:26 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 8:50Running 1 4:20v median −0:03
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 5:07v median +0:27
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 5:22v median +0:18
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Block 04 12:58Running 4 5:26v median +0:23
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:40v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:34v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 08 17:28Running 8 6:19v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.