The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Paris GP 2026, Marcel Bliss crossed the line in 1:23:27: 554th of 1,236 men, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:47 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Paris GP gained about 1:30. That was 4:06 off the time at Warsaw 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 5:06v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 4:46v median +0:10
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:24v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 5:30v median +0:36
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:30v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:29v median +0:30
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:37v median +0:34
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 4:53v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1188
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,188 men who finished.