The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rok Simoncic finished 698th of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:37:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:01Running 1 4:27v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:13v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 4:51v median −0:04
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Block 04 13:36Running 4 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:09v median +0:13
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 07 13:44Running 7 4:43v median −0:04
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Block 08 15:50Running 8 6:01v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.