The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benoit Riehl finished 565th of 809 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2024, in 1:34:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux cost the whole field time: about 2:38 more than the average race this season, going by 499 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:21v median −1:05
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 4:34v median −0:13
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Block 03 14:26Running 3 5:31v median +0:15
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 5:11v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:09v median −0:15
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 5:15v median −0:01
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 5:39v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 783
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 783 men who finished.