The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Stollery finished 491st of 504 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 2:09:04.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 13:18 behind the median. A harder second half: 17:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:29 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Valencia gained about 1:08. That was 3:31 off the time at Toulouse 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 4:36v median +1:16
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Block 02 11:16Running 2 6:11v median +1:31
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 6:25v median +1:22
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Block 04 15:44Running 4 6:35v median +1:29
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 7:19v median +1:57
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 6:57v median +1:46
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Block 07 18:17Running 7 7:32v median +2:13
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Block 08 28:32Running 8 8:23v median +2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.