The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Osama Benmoftah finished 457th of 596 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2025, in 1:29:35.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:03. The race faded late: the second half went 2:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 0:51. An improvement of 0:19 on Toronto 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:25v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:04v median +0:37
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:26v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 5:38v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:55v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:05v median +1:17
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Block 07 12:05Running 7 6:06v median +1:17
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 6:42v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 594
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 594 men who finished.