The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:25 at Rome 2026 put Steven Roberts 861st of 1,062 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 12:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:37 faster at Rome 2026 than at Berlin 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 5:43v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:14v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 4:51v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 4:40v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:49v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:37v median −0:09
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Block 07 16:25Running 7 4:46v median −0:02
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Block 08 20:52Running 8 8:32v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.