The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tomáš Verdier took 2nd of 90 in the 40–44 age group at Bordeaux 2026, in 1:04:34.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:02 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:44, was faster than 98% of the field.
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 6:22Running 1 2:18v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 3:44v median −1:14
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 3:55v median −1:26
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Block 04 8:40Running 4 3:52v median −1:28
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 3:59v median −1:29
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 4:03v median −1:21
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 3:57v median −1:28
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Block 08 10:14Running 8 3:27v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 782
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 782 men who finished.