The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:55 at Lisboa 2026 put Matthew Vassallo 290th of 417 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:45 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Lisboa ran slow: the 572 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 3:55v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:13v median +0:34
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 6:16v median +1:14
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 6:25v median +1:21
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:41v median +1:30
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:08v median +1:02
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 6:08v median +1:03
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 7:10v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 415
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 415 men who finished.