The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ignazio Mennea finished 320th of 642 men in the Open division at Rome 2026, in 1:24:58, faster than 50% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 6:04v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:32v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 5:38v median +0:59
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 4:57v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:29v median +0:39
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:48v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 4:49v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 5:43v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 499
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 499 men who finished.