The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Smail Belmessaoud took 2nd of 34 in the 35–39 age group at Izmir 2026, in 1:04:21.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:28 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:02 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:40, was faster than 92% of the field.
2:53 faster than at Bangkok 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:58v median −1:28
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 3:35v median −1:26
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 4:00v median −1:39
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 3:45v median −1:46
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 3:49v median −1:54
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Block 06 4:55Running 6 3:32v median −2:01
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Block 07 7:42Running 7 3:51v median −1:41
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Block 08 8:40Running 8 4:03v median −2:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 173
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 173 men who finished.