The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Athens 2026, Mesut Ali Khan crossed the line in 1:21:01: 255th of 616 men, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:48 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 Athens gained about 1:07.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 5:10v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:30v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 5:04v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:00Running 4 5:01v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:20v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 5:24v median +0:32
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 5:42v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.