The race, in three figures
The race, in words
João Gonçalves finished 206th of 226 men in the Pro division at Riga 2026, in 1:38:45.
The runs carried this race: faster than 25% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 7:50 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Riga ran fast: the 149 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:05 quicker here than at their other races. That was 21:37 off the time at Malaga 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:42v median −0:14
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 4:47v median +0:26
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Block 03 12:56Running 3 5:48v median +1:06
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Block 04 11:25Running 4 5:48v median +1:08
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:30v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:03v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:46Running 7 5:23v median +0:40
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Block 08 19:33Running 8 5:31v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 224
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 224 men who finished.