The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Balazs Szabo finished 434th of 534 men in the Open division at Malaga 2025, in 1:37:25.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:43, behind 96% of the field.
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 8:36Running 1 4:24v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:50v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:50v median +0:46
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 6:06v median +1:02
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 8:32v median +3:15
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:20v median +3:12
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:49v median +0:45
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 6:34v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:43
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.