The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Alquier finished in the top 10% of the field at Bordeaux 2026, in 1:05:52 for 38th of 567 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:22 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:44, was faster than 99% of the field.
Bordeaux cost the whole field time: about 0:48 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both. That was 1:31 off the time at Toulouse 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:30Running 1 2:17v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 3:35v median −1:23
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 4:09v median −1:11
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Block 04 8:36Running 4 3:54v median −1:24
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Block 05 8:41Running 5 4:04v median −1:22
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:06v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:06v median −1:17
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 3:34v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 330
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 330 men who finished.