The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:33 at Bordeaux 2026 put Gaël Gaël Azulay 502nd of 515 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 2:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Bordeaux. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:48.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:47Running 1 6:03v median +2:55
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Block 02 13:48Running 2 8:11v median +3:12
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 8:10v median +2:46
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Block 04 16:53Running 4 11:21v median +5:57
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Block 05 15:45Running 5 10:46v median +5:11
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Block 06 12:53Running 6 11:01v median +5:33
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Block 07 20:18Running 7 15:27v median +9:57
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Block 08 18:24Running 8 10:41v median +5:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.