The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Volker Pellen finished 515th of 618 men in the Pro division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:31:14.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:21. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Barcelona gave the field time back: about 1:27 faster than the average race this season, by 353 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:12v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 4:09v median +0:00
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Block 03 12:43Running 3 4:23v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:34v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:31v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 4:43v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 4:40v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 5:04v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 615
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 615 men who finished.