The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Lukas Kuonen at Bologna 2026: 1:07:59, 78th of 1,006 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:17, was faster than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bologna gained about 2:23. That was 2:34 off the time at Geneva 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:25v median −1:03
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 3:28v median −1:04
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 3:57v median −1:01
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Block 04 7:19Running 4 3:45v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:02v median −0:57
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:50v median −1:00
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 3:59v median −0:50
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 4:28v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.