The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erik Schaffer finished 1,109th of 1,106 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 2:32:17.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 14:01. A harder second half: 6:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:05 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:48Running 1 6:35v median +2:17
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Block 02 12:09Running 2 7:08v median +2:34
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Block 03 15:19Running 3 7:40v median +2:42
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Block 04 26:56Running 4 7:46v median +2:47
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Block 05 13:46Running 5 7:47v median +2:45
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 7:36v median +2:39
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Block 07 21:57Running 7 7:42v median +2:44
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Block 08 28:09Running 8 8:32v median +3:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:05
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.