The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fares Soualem finished in the top 10% of the field at Bordeaux 2026, in 1:09:50 for 52nd of 515 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:31. The race faded late: the second half went 3:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:04 faster at Bordeaux 2026 than at Bordeaux 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:49Running 1 2:34v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 3:53v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:35Running 3 3:55v median −1:29
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Block 04 7:22Running 4 3:56v median −1:28
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 3:59v median −1:36
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:04v median −1:24
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 4:01v median −1:29
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 3:30v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 509
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 509 men who finished.