The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Jacob finished 1,009th of 1,158 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:40:04.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 6% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Barcelona ran fast: the 1,177 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 4:59v median +0:34
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 4:57v median +0:22
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 4:45v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:16Running 4 4:59v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:07v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 4:57v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:26Running 7 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 08 17:06Running 8 5:57v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:12
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.