The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:01:13 at Valencia 2026 put Rui Costa on the age-group podium: 2nd of 76 in the 40–44 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:02 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:16, was faster than 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Valencia gained about 1:08. The fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division for Rui Costa.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:58Running 1 2:43v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 3:45v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:08Running 3 3:58v median −1:05
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 3:54v median −1:12
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Block 05 8:07Running 5 4:00v median −1:22
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Block 06 5:31Running 6 3:58v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:15Running 7 3:58v median −1:21
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Block 08 8:26Running 8 4:16v median −1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 302
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 302 men who finished.