The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rui Pereira finished 698th of 887 men in the Open division at Lisboa 2026, in 1:39:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 12:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:20 faster at Lisboa 2026 than at Barcelona 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 3:28v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:44v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:17v median +0:13
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 5:12v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 5:42v median +0:33
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Block 07 17:07Running 7 5:36v median +0:28
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 6:26v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.