The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:35 at Bologna 2026 put Marco Cossu 234th of 799 men in the Open division, ahead of 71% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 96% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:25 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:04 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Bologna 2026 and Rome 2025 were 6:09 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:57v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:01v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:11v median +0:16
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 5:14v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 5:07v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:11v median +0:21
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 5:11v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:47v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 799
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 799 men who finished.