The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:36 at Paris GP 2026 put Thomas Christiaens 174th of 347 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Paris GP gained about 1:30.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:32v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 4:47v median +0:01
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 4:37v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:43v median −0:09
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:35v median −0:13
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 4:37v median −0:15
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 4:24v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 342
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 342 men who finished.