The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:19 at Athens 2026 put Marios Markou on the age-group podium: 2nd of 24 in the 50–54 age group.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:07 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:48 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:15, ahead of 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Athens gained about 1:07. 1:29 slower than at Istanbul 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:28v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 3:44v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:01Running 3 4:09v median −0:50
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 3:57v median −0:58
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:07v median −0:56
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 3:55v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 3:59v median −0:53
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Block 08 8:30Running 8 4:11v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 607
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 607 men who finished.