The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Molloy finished 333rd of 549 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:26:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Barcelona ran fast: the 1,177 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:24v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:34v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 4:46v median −0:15
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 5:06v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:01v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:01v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 5:09v median +0:13
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 5:35v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.