The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Renaud Josserand finished 680th of 800 men in the Pro division at Lyon 2026, in 1:36:49.
A station race more than a running one: 26% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:10Running 1 3:46v median +0:35
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 4:44v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:45v median +1:13
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 5:33v median +1:01
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:35v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:03Running 6 5:43v median +1:16
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Block 07 13:10Running 7 5:55v median +1:23
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Block 08 15:11Running 8 6:35v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.