The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Karker took 2nd of 226 in the 30–34 age group at Bologna 2026, in 1:03:12.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:05 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:37, ahead of 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bologna gained about 2:23. 0:52 faster than at Katowice 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:18Running 1 3:18v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:36Running 2 3:31v median −1:01
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Block 03 6:35Running 3 4:00v median −0:58
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Block 04 7:59Running 4 4:03v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:10v median −0:49
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:04v median −0:46
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 4:08v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:43Running 8 4:26v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 998
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 998 men who finished.