The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:36 at Geneva 2026 put Olivier Messieux 819th of 1,414 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 41% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:05 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:48 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Geneva ran slow: the 824 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:05 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:20v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 4:23v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 4:22v median −0:33
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 4:28v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:24v median −0:37
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:21v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 4:19v median −0:32
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 5:45v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1412
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,412 men who finished.