The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Gaitely finished 401st of 549 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:31:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:36. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Barcelona 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 2:18 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:10v median +0:41
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:12v median +0:35
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:25v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 5:32v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:36v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:36v median +0:40
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 5:31v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.