The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:51 at Lisboa 2026 put Rui Castro 518th of 887 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:11. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:22Running 1 3:02v median −0:44
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 4:42v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:29v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:16v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 4:47v median −0:22
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 4:43v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:53Running 8 5:22v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.