The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Davis-Welty finished 865th of 988 men in the Open division at Bordeaux 2026, in 1:39:45.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 6:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:18 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 8:22Running 1 3:37v median +0:30
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 6:02v median +1:04
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 6:06v median +0:45
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 6:09v median +0:49
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 7:11v median +1:43
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Block 06 10:24Running 6 8:39v median +3:15
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Block 07 14:30Running 7 8:12v median +2:47
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 6:56v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
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.