The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Maher finished 103rd of 549 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:13:02, faster than 81% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Barcelona gave the field time back: about 1:27 faster than the average race this season, by 1,177 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:45v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 4:07v median −0:30
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 4:35v median −0:26
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Block 04 8:29Running 4 4:41v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:35v median −0:21
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 4:45v median −0:11
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Block 08 10:20Running 8 5:03v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 540
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 540 men who finished.