The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:45 at Bordeaux 2026 put Nicolas Laffaille 678th of 988 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 14:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Bordeaux. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:48. 9:56 slower than at Berlin 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:12Running 1 2:51v median −0:16
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Block 02 11:59Running 2 9:10v median +4:12
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Block 03 14:12Running 3 9:25v median +4:04
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 9:23v median +4:03
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:24v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 5:11v median −0:13
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 5:01v median −0:24
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 4:19v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.