The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Balazs Veres finished 443rd of 549 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:36:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:25 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:25v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 4:36v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:42Running 3 5:08v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 5:23v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:16v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 5:35v median +0:39
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:43v median +0:47
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 5:51v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.