The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Schmiejka took 2nd of 167 in the 40–44 age group at Vienna 2026, in 1:04:20.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:53 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:00 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:47, was faster than 94% of the field.
Vienna ran fast: the 705 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:32 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 4:17v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 3:55v median −1:03
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:21v median −1:01
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 4:10v median −1:13
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Block 05 8:22Running 5 4:10v median −1:20
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Block 06 5:51Running 6 4:09v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:30Running 7 4:10v median −1:13
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Block 08 8:21Running 8 4:29v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1299
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,299 men who finished.