The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matteo Zardini finished 405th of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:21:48.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:24 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:43 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:23 faster than the average race this season, by 1,063 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:09v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:00v median +0:25
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:16v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 5:13v median +0:22
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:17v median +0:27
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:10v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:47Running 8 5:53v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:55
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.