The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louis Mottershaw finished 848th of 887 men in the Open division at Lisboa 2026, in 1:56:38.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Lisboa ran slow: the 572 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 slower here than at their other races. That was 22:58 off the time at Manchester 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:07v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 6:11v median +1:28
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 6:25v median +1:21
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Block 04 15:42Running 4 6:37v median +1:32
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:46v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 7:00v median +1:51
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Block 07 18:42Running 7 6:59v median +1:51
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Block 08 20:34Running 8 9:22v median +3:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.