The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sandro Melo finished 873rd of 887 men in the Open division at Lisboa 2026, in 2:08:03.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:47. A harder second half: 6:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:50 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Lisboa ran slow: the 572 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:49Running 1 5:41v median +1:55
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Block 02 11:03Running 2 7:38v median +2:55
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Block 03 15:00Running 3 8:57v median +3:53
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Block 04 17:14Running 4 9:23v median +4:18
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Block 05 14:57Running 5 9:14v median +4:01
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Block 06 12:21Running 6 9:13v median +4:04
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Block 07 17:26Running 7 9:36v median +4:28
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Block 08 19:31Running 8 11:23v median +5:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
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.