The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:53:32 at Barcelona 2026 put Nicolas Taillard 1,157th of 1,158 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 18:15. A harder second half: 19:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:47 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 11:32Running 1 6:06v median +1:41
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Block 02 13:07Running 2 6:14v median +1:39
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Block 03 17:41Running 3 7:55v median +2:57
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Block 04 27:52Running 4 7:57v median +3:02
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Block 05 13:58Running 5 8:17v median +3:18
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Block 06 13:20Running 6 7:58v median +3:05
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Block 07 31:05Running 7 7:57v median +3:04
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Block 08 31:18Running 8 10:59v median +5:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:47
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.