The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Francesco Podda at Rimini 2026: 1:12:33, 57th of 665 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 5:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:19, was faster than 97% of the field.
Rimini ran slow: the 1,370 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:09 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:54Running 1 3:50v median −0:50
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 3:45v median −0:54
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:00v median −1:12
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Block 04 7:48Running 4 3:54v median −1:15
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 3:52v median −1:20
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 3:49v median −1:18
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Block 07 8:03Running 7 3:52v median −1:13
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Block 08 13:33Running 8 4:28v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 634
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 634 men who finished.