The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Walding finished 252nd of 1,006 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:14:03, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 0:44 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:14 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:19Running 1 3:48v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 3:53v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 4:03v median −0:55
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:17v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:29v median −0:30
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:22v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 4:20v median −0:29
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 4:55v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
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.