The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:58 at Valencia 2026 put Albert Gonzalo Col Niculae 421st of 504 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:31 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Valencia gave the field time back: about 1:08 faster than the average race this season, by 667 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 4:39v median +1:19
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 5:09v median +0:29
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 5:19v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 5:14v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:27v median +0:05
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:12v median +0:01
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:19v median +0:00
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 6:05v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:16
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.