The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Noah Kessler finished 172nd of 290 men in the Open division at Paris GP 2026, in 1:19:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Paris GP ran fast: the 1,315 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:30 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:27v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:02v median −0:20
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Block 03 7:28Running 3 4:22v median −0:14
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 4:07v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:05v median +1:21
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Block 06 6:18Running 6 4:27v median −0:10
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Block 07 7:24Running 7 4:20v median −0:20
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Block 08 13:57Running 8 3:52v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 281
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 281 men who finished.