The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Maccarthy finished 388th of 534 men in the Open division at Malaga 2025, in 1:31:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:54. The race faded late: the second half went 2:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Malaga gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 969 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:25v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 4:56v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 5:07v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:09v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:59v median −0:09
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 5:05v median +0:01
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 5:26v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 522
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 522 men who finished.