The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Plassio finished 504th of 1,006 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:22:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:11 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Bologna 2026 and Verona 2025 were 3:49 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:53Running 1 4:17v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:23v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 4:40v median −0:18
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 4:56v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:39v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 4:44v median −0:05
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 5:24v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.