The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:22 at Bologna 2026 put Stefano Pezzali 622nd of 799 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:25. A harder second half: 4:03 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. That was 11:10 off the time at Paris 1 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:25v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:39v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 4:58v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 5:05v median +0:14
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 5:07v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:00v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 5:06v median +0:19
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Block 08 17:39Running 8 5:56v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.