The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:25 at Bologna 2026 put Damian Dixon 691st of 1,006 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:18 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. An improvement of 0:11 on Dublin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:17v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:31v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 5:04v median +0:06
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 4:52v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:51v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 5:05v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:11Running 8 5:53v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:16
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.