The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Taylor took 2nd of 21 in the 60–64 age group at Vienna 2026, in 1:16:32.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:33 behind the median.
Vienna gave the field time back: about 0:32 faster than the average race this season, by 705 athletes who raced both. 1:26 slower than at Warsaw 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 5:13v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:29v median −0:29
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:44v median −0:38
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:35v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:42v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:46v median −0:36
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 4:41v median −0:42
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 5:23v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
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.