The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:45 at Lisboa 2026 put Dale Chen 828th of 887 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:59. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:27 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Lisboa cost the whole field time: about 1:22 more than the average race this season, going by 572 athletes who raced both. 1:21 faster than at Atlanta 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:40v median +0:54
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Block 02 12:39Running 2 6:05v median +1:22
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Block 03 13:18Running 3 6:24v median +1:20
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Block 04 15:04Running 4 6:36v median +1:31
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:39v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 6:32v median +1:23
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Block 07 16:48Running 7 6:46v median +1:38
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 7:19v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.