The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:34 at Barcelona 2026 put Philip Mertes 989th of 1,158 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:42 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:28 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 9:27Running 1 4:20v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:40v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 4:58v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:52Running 4 5:01v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:31v median +2:32
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 4:59v median +0:06
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 08 15:19Running 8 5:22v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.