The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mathieu Safraoui finished in the top 10% of the field at Beijing I 2026, in 1:14:44 for 106th of 1,267 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:16 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:09 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:35, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Beijing I gained about 2:09. 10:40 faster than at Istanbul 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 5:06v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:19v median −0:29
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Block 03 7:32Running 3 4:12v median −1:00
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 4:17v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:33v median −0:56
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:32v median −0:45
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 4:25v median −0:54
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 4:41v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,258 men who finished.