The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Blundell finished 132nd of 185 men in the Pro division at Madrid 2024, in 1:30:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:28 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 2:39 more than the average race this season, going by 108 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 18:05 on Glasgow 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:19v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 4:42v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:23v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:18v median +0:37
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:13v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 5:11v median +0:33
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 5:30v median +0:52
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Block 08 13:25Running 8 5:53v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 184
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 184 men who finished.