The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Giulio Piazza finished 1,055th of 1,370 men in the Open division at Milan 2024, in 1:42:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:32. A harder second half: 10:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Milan cost the whole field time: about 4:16 more than the average race this season, going by 952 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:34v median −0:14
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 4:52v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 5:13v median −0:03
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 5:55v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:03v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:43v median +0:28
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Block 07 19:34Running 7 5:39v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 6:03v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1342
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,342 men who finished.