The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wilfrid Normand won the 50–54 age group at Bordeaux 2026 in 1:07:21, first of 18.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:47 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:09 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:24, was faster than 89% 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 2:35 off the time at Helsinki 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:49Running 1 2:34v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:02v median −0:56
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Block 03 8:27Running 3 4:29v median −0:51
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 4:27v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:24v median −1:02
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:26v median −0:55
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:24v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:32Running 8 3:51v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
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.