The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Meher Jaballah finished 896th of 1,158 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:33:25.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:05 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. That was 4:16 off the time at Belgium 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 5:20v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:24v median +0:49
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:37v median +0:39
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 5:41v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:01v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:51v median +0:58
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 6:21v median +1:28
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 6:14v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.