The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Declan Gill finished 269th of 549 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:22:34, faster than 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 69% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:23. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 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 1,177 athletes who raced both. That was 7:31 off the time at Bilbao 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:10v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:17v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 4:31v median −0:30
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 4:40v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:36v median −0:28
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:40v median −0:16
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 4:59v median +0:03
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 5:13v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.