The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Etherington finished 436th of 616 men in the Open division at Athens 2026, in 1:35:00.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:34 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:39 slower than the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Athens gained about 1:07. 1:15 slower than at Warsaw 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 7:17v median +2:40
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 5:04v median +0:05
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 7:30v median +2:35
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 8:09v median +3:06
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 5:28v median +0:34
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 6:08v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.