The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Saadi Khemchane at Toulouse 2026: 1:08:01, 171st of 1,849 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 71% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:38 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Toulouse gained about 1:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:45Running 1 3:17v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 3:46v median −0:58
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 3:57v median −1:10
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 3:31v median −1:31
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 3:56v median −1:20
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 3:54v median −1:11
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 3:56v median −1:09
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 4:01v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1831
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,831 men who finished.