The race, in three figures
The race, in words
MATTHEW BLOXHAM finished 687th of 1,106 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:26:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 worse 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 8:46Running 1 4:32v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:37v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 4:52v median −0:06
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:40v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:02v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:50v median −0:07
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 4:59v median +0:01
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Block 08 12:43Running 8 5:22v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1080
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,080 men who finished.