The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xavier Merckel finished 459th of 735 men in the Open division at Lyon 2026, in 1:28:05.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:31 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:44 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:53Running 1 4:04v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:05v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:24v median +0:24
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:28v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:22v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:12v median +0:20
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Block 08 12:00Running 8 5:29v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 731
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 731 men who finished.