The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruben Schellings finished 542nd of 1,158 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:21:15, faster than 53% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:17 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:13 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 8:26Running 1 4:01v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:26v median −0:09
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 4:57v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 4:40v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:11v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 4:55v median +0:02
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Block 07 8:45Running 7 5:09v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 6:11v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1148
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,148 men who finished.