The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:15 at Barcelona 2025 put Piers Raffo 994th of 1,106 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 31% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:13 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 9:24Running 1 4:41v median +0:23
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 4:59v median +0:25
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Block 03 13:27Running 3 5:25v median +0:27
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 5:17v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:25v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:30v median +0:33
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 5:18v median +0:20
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Block 08 17:17Running 8 6:05v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.