The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Di Geronimo took 2nd of 18 in the 45–49 age group at Rome 2026, in 1:11:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:20 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Rome 2026 and Athens 2026 were 3:09 slower here, so the course was tougher than the clock suggests.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:25v median −0:49
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 3:29v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 3:55v median −0:10
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Block 04 7:29Running 4 3:37v median −0:27
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 3:46v median −0:22
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 3:45v median −0:20
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Block 07 8:41Running 7 3:43v median −0:28
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 4:30v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 133
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 133 men who finished.