The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Sphija finished 392nd of 665 men in the Open division at Rimini 2026, in 1:34:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:31. A harder second half: 1:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Rimini. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:09.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:10v median −0:30
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 4:33v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:14v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:08v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:17v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:04v median −0:03
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 08 13:35Running 8 5:51v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
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.