The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Watkins finished 649th of 1,422 men in the Open division at Paris 1 2025, in 1:20:31, faster than 54% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 37% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 1:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris 1 ran fast: the 1,355 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:18 quicker here than at their other races. That was 3:31 off the time at Berlin 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 4:31v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:20v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 4:25v median −0:23
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 4:30v median −0:18
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Block 05 8:58Running 5 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 4:28v median −0:23
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 4:28v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 4:08v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1353
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,353 men who finished.