The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eamonn O'Connell finished 1,120th of 1,414 men in the Open division at Geneva 2026, in 1:39:17.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Geneva cost the whole field time: about 1:05 more than the average race this season, going by 824 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:48v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:25v median +0:54
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:52v median +0:57
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:13v median +0:22
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:54v median +1:53
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:58v median +1:08
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:47v median +0:56
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Block 08 18:05Running 8 12:05v median +6:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.