The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ioannis Samothrakis finished 554th of 616 men in the Open division at Athens 2026, in 1:54:56.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:55 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
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 11:10Running 1 6:30v median +1:15
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:05v median +0:28
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 7:52v median +2:53
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 8:15v median +3:20
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Block 05 13:20Running 5 8:39v median +3:36
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Block 06 12:44Running 6 10:29v median +5:35
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Block 07 13:40Running 7 8:12v median +3:20
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 8:44v median +3:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:55
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.