The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:42 at Athens 2026 put Thomas Bengtsson 388th of 616 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athens ran fast: the 284 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:07 quicker here than at their other races. 14:09 slower than at Istanbul 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:34v median −0:41
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:13v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 4:41v median −0:18
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 4:48v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:40v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 07 16:45Running 7 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 5:32v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.