The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hermenegildo Simon Velasco finished 305th of 378 men in the Open division at Madrid 2022, in 1:38:53.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Madrid ran slow: the 217 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:35 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:38v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 5:07v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:15v median +0:47
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 6:06v median +0:43
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 7:06v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:23v median +0:55
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:31v median +1:08
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Block 08 17:25Running 8 9:51v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 370
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 370 men who finished.