The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Paris 2023, Frédéric Valenza crossed the line in 1:29:16: 352nd of 761 men, faster than 54% of the field.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:19. The race faded late: the second half went 3:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 4:58 more than the average race this season, going by 414 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:55v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:08v median −0:36
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 5:13v median −0:27
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:36v median −0:21
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:31v median −0:07
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 5:37v median −0:01
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 7:08v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 717
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 717 men who finished.