The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vic De Waal finished 336th of 504 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:30:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:53 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Valencia gained about 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:04Running 1 2:53v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:45v median +0:05
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Block 03 13:05Running 3 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 4:58v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:35v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 4:52v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 4:46v median −0:33
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 6:28v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.