The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fritz Merbitz finished 729th of 799 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:41:27.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:42 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Bologna 2026 and Barcelona 2025 were 4:36 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:22v median +0:54
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:44v median +1:09
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:59v median +1:04
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Block 04 12:55Running 4 6:12v median +1:21
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:30v median +1:34
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:23v median +1:33
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 6:19v median +1:32
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 7:25v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:42
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.