The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rafał Talarek finished 579th of 616 men in the Open division at Athens 2026, in 2:04:23.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:30. The race faded late: the second half went 23:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athens gave the field time back: about 1:07 faster than the average race this season, by 284 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:19Running 1 6:23v median +1:08
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 6:13v median +1:36
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 6:36v median +1:37
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Block 04 14:50Running 4 6:53v median +1:58
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Block 05 15:56Running 5 10:31v median +5:28
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Block 06 13:43Running 6 11:17v median +6:23
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 7:19v median +2:27
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Block 08 20:57Running 8 14:00v median +8:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:34
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.