The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Williamson finished in the top 10% of the field at Lisboa 2026, in 1:06:59 for 51st of 887 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:31 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:08 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:16, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a slow day in Lisboa. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:22. That was 1:05 off the time at Glasgow 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:17v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 3:55v median −0:48
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 4:04v median −1:00
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Block 04 8:06Running 4 4:08v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:32Running 5 4:10v median −1:03
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Block 06 5:53Running 6 4:13v median −0:56
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 4:17v median −0:51
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 4:25v median −1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 878
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 878 men who finished.