The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fresnel Papia finished 408th of 665 men in the Open division at Beijing 2026, in 1:40:01.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:01 on the median. A harder second half: 1:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Beijing gave the field time back: about 2:56 faster than the average race this season, by 546 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division for Fresnel Papia.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:33Running 1 5:38v median +1:03
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Block 02 10:01Running 2 5:50v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 6:12v median +0:45
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 6:07v median +0:43
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 6:58v median +1:18
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 6:27v median +1:01
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 6:30v median +0:58
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 8:06v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 642
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 642 men who finished.