The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pasquale Piccolo finished 608th of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:30:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:49 faster at Bologna 2026 than at Verona 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 4:50v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:09v median +0:34
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:43v median +0:48
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:45v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:57v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:53v median +1:03
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 6:08v median +1:21
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 6:18v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.