The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Willay finished 647th of 800 men in the Pro division at Lyon 2026, in 1:35:00.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Lyon cost the whole field time: about 0:35 more than the average race this season, going by 384 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:03Running 1 2:55v median −0:16
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Block 02 10:13Running 2 4:04v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 4:34v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 4:27v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:21v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 4:19v median −0:08
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 4:13v median −0:19
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Block 08 17:15Running 8 7:58v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 797
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 797 men who finished.