The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bologna 2026, Simone Bruno crossed the line in 1:16:21: 326th of 1,006 men, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:11 on the median. A harder second half: 1:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:23 faster than the average race this season, by 1,063 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 3:54v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 3:54v median −0:38
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 4:37v median −0:21
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Block 04 8:13Running 4 4:19v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:29v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:09v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:10Running 7 4:20v median −0:29
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 4:46v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:43
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.