The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:43 at Bologna 2026 put Louis Van Der Merwe 207th of 1,006 men in the Open division, ahead of 79% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 92% of the field across all eight, against 65% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:47 on the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bologna gained about 2:23.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 4:02v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:06v median −0:26
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:41v median −0:17
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Block 04 8:36Running 4 4:29v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:22v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:32v median −0:17
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 6:02v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.