The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:41 at Athens 2026 put Symeon Desyllas 580th of 616 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:53. The race faded late: the second half went 10:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:47 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 10:21Running 1 5:50v median +0:35
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Block 02 10:50Running 2 7:53v median +3:16
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Block 03 13:46Running 3 8:14v median +3:15
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Block 04 16:52Running 4 8:16v median +3:21
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Block 05 14:40Running 5 9:03v median +4:00
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Block 06 11:34Running 6 9:02v median +4:08
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Block 07 18:29Running 7 9:36v median +4:44
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Block 08 16:28Running 8 7:56v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
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.