The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michel Courtade finished 344th of 515 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2026, in 1:33:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:18. The race faded late: the second half went 8:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux cost the whole field time: about 0:48 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:21Running 1 2:42v median −0:26
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:31v median −0:28
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 4:46v median −0:38
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 4:41v median −0:43
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 4:55v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:59v median −0:29
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 4:47v median −0:43
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Block 08 22:38Running 8 4:24v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.