The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:20 at Rimini 2026 put Giuseppe Sala 934th of 1,482 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:23 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Rimini. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:09. 5:30 slower than at Verona 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:19v median −0:22
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Block 02 9:47Running 2 4:32v median −0:05
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Block 03 15:01Running 3 6:13v median +1:04
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 4:56v median −0:06
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 4:37v median −0:21
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 4:31v median −0:25
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 5:44v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1458
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,458 men who finished.