The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Edoardo Meli finished 561st of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:28:33.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:00. A harder second half: 1:36 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 Bologna gained about 2:23.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:11v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:27v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:18v median +0:23
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 5:01v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:14v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:04v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 4:51v median +0:04
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 6:11v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.