The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Rousseau & Jérôme Gautier finished 453rd of 797 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:14:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:44. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Barcelona ran fast: the 766 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:54 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:48v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:44v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 5:01v median −0:04
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 5:00v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 5:03v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 5:01v median −0:05
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:28v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:23v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 795
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 795 men's teams who finished.