The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:40 at Barcelona 2025 put Sebastian Balcombe 708th of 1,106 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:53. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:50 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Barcelona. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:15Running 1 5:28v median +1:10
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 5:40v median +1:06
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:54v median +0:56
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:49v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:54v median +0:52
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:12v median +0:15
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 4:59v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 5:19v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.