The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Francois Dirren finished 973rd of 1,414 men in the Open division at Geneva 2026, in 1:33:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:54Running 1 5:09v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:36v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:55v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:07v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:19v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:08v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 5:03v median +0:12
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Block 08 15:34Running 8 6:07v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
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.