The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paolo Berardi & Daniele Gondi finished 658th of 951 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rimini 2026, in 1:22:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:45. The race faded late: the second half went 2:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:48Running 1 4:43v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:52v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:24v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:25v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:37v median +0:27
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 6:11v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 945
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 945 men's teams who finished.