The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:51 at Barcelona 2025 put Howard Ashcroft 702nd of 795 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 29% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:44 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:34 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 9:40Running 1 5:01v median +0:38
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 5:09v median +0:29
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Block 03 13:29Running 3 5:45v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:31v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:30v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 5:23v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 5:22v median +0:20
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Block 08 19:33Running 8 6:12v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.