The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:51 at Rome 2026 put Joshua Lovering 298th of 535 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:01. A harder second half: 4:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Rome 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 6:45 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 5:48v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 3:56v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 4:20v median −0:15
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 4:23v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 4:49v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 4:14v median −0:36
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 4:25v median −0:31
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Block 08 15:44Running 8 5:00v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 349
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 349 men who finished.