The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:01 at Bologna 2026 put Mattia De Donatis 683rd of 1,006 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:07 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
The field ran 3:49 faster at Bologna 2026 than at Verona 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:16v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 4:23v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:57v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 4:43v median −0:10
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:11v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:41v median −0:09
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 4:36v median −0:13
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 5:44v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:07
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.