The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Giardino finished 1,225th of 1,386 men in the Open division at Geneva 2025, in 1:43:56.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Geneva gave the field time back: about 0:48 faster than the average race this season, by 823 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:04Running 1 5:45v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:33v median +0:03
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 4:58v median +0:08
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 5:06v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:14v median +0:23
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Block 07 15:10Running 7 4:54v median +0:02
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Block 08 18:25Running 8 6:29v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1380
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,380 men who finished.