The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrea Pompele & Alessandro Bianchi finished 404th of 451 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rimini 2026, in 1:30:16.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:48, behind 92% of the field.
Rimini cost the whole field time: about 1:03 more than the average race this season, going by 914 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:56Running 1 7:47v median +2:53
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:24v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 5:55v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 5:57v median +0:52
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 6:10v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:19v median +1:15
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 6:54v median +1:50
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Block 08 12:51Running 8 6:58v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 444
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 444 men's teams who finished.