The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Rainey took 3rd of 100 in the 30–34 age group at Geneva 2026, in 1:05:34.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:56 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:52 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:30, was faster than 98% of the field.
The field ran 2:08 faster at Geneva 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:14v median −0:53
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 3:51v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:16Running 3 4:11v median −0:42
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 4:06v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:08v median −0:52
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 4:01v median −0:47
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Block 07 7:22Running 7 4:00v median −0:47
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Block 08 8:35Running 8 4:37v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 408
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 408 men who finished.