The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Buckley finished 425th of 534 men in the Open division at Malaga 2025, in 1:36:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:01. A harder second half: 3:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:09Running 1 4:42v median +0:24
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:38v median +0:57
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 4:27v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:44v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 4:38v median −0:30
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 08 18:18Running 8 5:06v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
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.