The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:07:58 at Bordeaux 2026 put Saad Aarab 977th of 988 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux ran slow: the 1,153 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:48 slower here than at their other races. 3:01 slower than at Lyon 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:21Running 1 7:39v median +4:32
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Block 02 12:36Running 2 8:58v median +4:00
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 6:52v median +1:31
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Block 04 19:18Running 4 6:51v median +1:31
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 7:12v median +1:44
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Block 06 10:20Running 6 7:01v median +1:37
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Block 07 17:21Running 7 6:57v median +1:32
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Block 08 23:18Running 8 6:46v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.