The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John O'Donoghue finished 852nd of 1,062 men in the Open division at Rome 2026, in 1:40:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:54. A harder second half: 3:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:56 slower at Rome 2026 than at Stockholm 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 5:47v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 4:25v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 4:46v median +0:05
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Block 04 13:47Running 4 4:57v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 4:51v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:19v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:04v median +0:16
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Block 08 18:57Running 8 6:18v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 869
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 869 men who finished.