The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Nolan finished 1,073rd of 1,106 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:58:24.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:53. A harder second half: 10:22 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. That was 3:51 off the time at Dublin 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:18v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:03v median +0:29
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Block 03 12:59Running 3 6:52v median +1:54
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Block 04 18:26Running 4 6:54v median +1:55
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 6:44v median +1:42
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 6:56v median +1:59
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 6:59v median +2:01
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Block 08 21:45Running 8 7:24v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.