The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fabio Cortesi finished 283rd of 440 men in the Open division at Riga 2025, in 1:31:18.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:01. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:28 slower at Riga 2025 than at Warsaw 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:20v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:45v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:51v median −0:34
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 5:02v median −0:27
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:11v median −0:31
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:01v median −0:33
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 4:59v median −0:32
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 6:19v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 440
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 440 men who finished.