The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bobby Flanagan finished 661st of 665 men in the Open division at Beijing 2026, in 2:50:48.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 13:06. The race faded late: the second half went 10:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:08 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Beijing gave the field time back: about 2:56 faster than the average race this season, by 546 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:25Running 1 10:10v median +5:35
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Block 02 16:57Running 2 11:08v median +6:08
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Block 03 18:44Running 3 11:39v median +6:12
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Block 04 20:43Running 4 11:24v median +6:00
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Block 05 18:08Running 5 11:58v median +6:18
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Block 06 15:21Running 6 11:30v median +6:04
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 8:31v median +2:59
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Block 08 33:48Running 8 13:01v median +6:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:08
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.