The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simone Racca finished 895th of 1,006 men in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:42:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:55 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:59 better against the middle of the field 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 10:10Running 1 4:43v median +0:15
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 5:01v median +0:29
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 04 15:03Running 4 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:37v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:27v median +0:37
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 08 17:00Running 8 6:04v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.