The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liana Spyropoulou took 3rd of 81 in the 30–34 age group at Bologna 2026, in 1:06:15.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:38 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:55, was faster than 99% of the field.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 390 athletes who raced both. Liana Spyropoulou's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 3:26v median −1:35
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 3:43v median −1:26
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:22v median −1:01
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 3:58v median −1:23
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Block 05 8:46Running 5 4:05v median −1:18
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 3:57v median −1:25
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 4:01v median −1:17
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Block 08 8:45Running 8 4:19v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:55
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 256
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 256 women who finished.