The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:34:26 at Rimini 2026 put Mike Kessler 538th of 539 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 13:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 25:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:27, behind 96% 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. That was 40:20 off the time at Vancouver 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:51Running 1 6:17v median +1:34
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Block 02 12:19Running 2 6:51v median +2:12
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Block 03 15:36Running 3 7:59v median +2:50
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Block 04 20:10Running 4 8:20v median +3:16
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Block 05 14:13Running 5 9:05v median +3:56
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Block 06 12:31Running 6 8:49v median +3:46
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Block 07 27:51Running 7 9:20v median +4:19
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Block 08 29:37Running 8 12:29v median +6:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 526
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 526 men who finished.