The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:34 at Barcelona 2025 put Fritz Merbitz 982nd of 1,106 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:33 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Barcelona ran slow: the 1,204 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:25v median +1:07
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:54v median +1:20
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 6:13v median +1:15
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 6:19v median +1:20
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:51v median +1:49
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:33v median +1:36
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 6:18v median +1:20
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 7:05v median +1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.