The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Samuels finished 792nd of 795 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 2:35:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 26:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 20:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:17 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 1:00 more than the average race this season, going by 1,204 athletes who raced both. John Samuels's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:10Running 1 5:17v median +0:54
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Block 02 11:45Running 2 5:41v median +1:01
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Block 03 15:40Running 3 5:43v median +0:39
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Block 04 22:00Running 4 5:49v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 5:59v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 5:59v median +0:57
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Block 07 20:46Running 7 6:04v median +1:02
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Block 08 40:17Running 8 7:04v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:17
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.