The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tomas Gómez Fernández finished 562nd of 596 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2025, in 1:48:55.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 14:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:40, behind 90% of the field.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 0:51 faster than the average race this season, by 545 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:11Running 1 4:48v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 4:38v median +0:11
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 5:10v median +0:25
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 5:42v median +0:54
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Block 05 13:03Running 5 7:50v median +2:55
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 6:02v median +1:14
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Block 07 18:06Running 7 8:04v median +3:15
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 10:07v median +5:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.