The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ilias Mehdizadeh finished 137th of 194 men in the Pro division at Malaga 2025, in 1:26:36.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:42 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 0:40. 4:18 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 3:50v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 4:55v median +0:36
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 6:21v median +1:38
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 5:32v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:40v median +0:54
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:12v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:17v median +0:32
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 5:19v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 190
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 190 men who finished.