The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:02 at Barcelona 2025 put Paul Kelly 1,026th of 1,106 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:23. The race faded late: the second half went 3:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:16 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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. That was 23:18 off the time at Dublin 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:21v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 5:18v median +0:44
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Block 03 12:04Running 3 5:41v median +0:43
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Block 04 15:52Running 4 6:10v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:16v median +1:14
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 5:58v median +1:01
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Block 07 13:03Running 7 6:17v median +1:19
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Block 08 18:35Running 8 6:44v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
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.