The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rosario Martines finished 694th of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:37:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 28% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:36 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 9:26Running 1 4:44v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:06v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:25v median +0:30
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:22v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:15v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 4:53v median +0:06
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Block 08 19:15Running 8 6:11v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.