The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:43 at Vienna 2026 put Bogdan Gherman 1,030th of 1,311 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:41. A harder second half: 1:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Vienna gained about 0:32. That was 6:43 off the time at Barcelona 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:30Running 1 6:55v median +1:26
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 6:14v median +1:16
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 7:08v median +1:46
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Block 04 12:14Running 4 7:04v median +1:41
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 7:11v median +1:41
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 7:11v median +1:49
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 6:56v median +1:33
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Block 08 14:59Running 8 7:33v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.