The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:37 at Vienna 2026 put Eric Bruch 1,175th of 1,311 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:08 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:52Running 1 5:05v median −0:24
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 4:50v median −0:08
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 6:39v median +1:17
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Block 04 15:04Running 4 6:06v median +0:43
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:13v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 5:34v median +0:12
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 5:37v median +0:14
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Block 08 21:25Running 8 6:32v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.