The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Holt finished 769th of 1,158 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:28:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:24 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:34 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 9:15Running 1 4:31v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:33v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:14v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:03v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 4:53v median +0:00
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Block 08 12:24Running 8 5:05v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.