The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Till Ballendat finished in the top 10% of the field at Vienna 2026, in 1:09:44 for 120th of 1,311 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:42, was faster than 95% of the field.
Vienna gave the field time back: about 0:32 faster than the average race this season, by 705 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:19v median −1:10
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 3:52v median −1:06
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Block 03 8:01Running 3 4:12v median −1:10
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 4:22v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:26v median −1:04
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:08v median −1:14
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 4:10v median −1:13
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 4:40v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:42
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.