The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ilya Podpolnyy finished in the top 10% of the field at Copenhagen 2025, in 1:06:07 for 81st of 1,323 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 77% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:00, was faster than 91% of the field.
Copenhagen gave the field time back: about 1:59 faster than the average race this season, by 796 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 4:07v median −0:56
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Block 02 5:43Running 2 3:39v median −0:53
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Block 03 6:18Running 3 3:53v median −0:58
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 3:56v median −0:55
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Block 05 8:02Running 5 4:03v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:51v median +0:56
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 5:56v median +1:03
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Block 08 8:27Running 8 4:13v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1282
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,282 men who finished.