The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Lisboa 2026, Samuel Saez Castillo crossed the line in 1:20:01: 331st of 887 men, faster than 63% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:48 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Lisboa cost the whole field time: about 1:22 more than the average race this season, going by 572 athletes who raced both. That was 5:16 off the time at Madrid 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 3:38v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:26v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:44v median −0:20
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:43v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:23v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:15v median +0:06
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 5:15v median +0:07
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 5:31v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
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.