The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rimini 2025, Luca Girardin crossed the line in 1:21:48: 457th of 1,225 men, faster than 63% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 87% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:15. A harder second half: 4:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rimini cost the whole field time: about 0:31 more than the average race this season, going by 1,273 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 4:02v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:08v median −0:37
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:26v median −0:47
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 4:20v median −0:50
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Block 05 9:13Running 5 4:36v median −0:40
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 4:23v median −0:47
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 4:33v median −0:33
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Block 08 10:36Running 8 3:31v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1221
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,221 men who finished.