The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:59 at Nice 2026 put Fabrice De Valens on the age-group podium: 2nd of 12 in the 55–59 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 53% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:51 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Fabrice De Valens's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:18v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:07v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 4:35v median −0:22
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:25v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:37v median −0:31
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:19v median −0:40
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:25v median −0:34
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 4:20v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 535
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 535 men who finished.