The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Marseille 2024, Valentin Guernion crossed the line in 1:22:02: 714th of 1,477 men, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:37 on the median. A harder second half: 5:07 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 Marseille gained about 0:30.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:16v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 3:40v median −0:41
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:25v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:33v median +0:52
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 5:34v median +0:48
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:35v median +0:56
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 5:48v median +1:12
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 6:00v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1437
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,437 men who finished.