The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elyass Ben Hammou finished 595th of 898 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:27:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:10. The race faded late: the second half went 1:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:52Running 1 2:59v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 4:21v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 4:55v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 4:57v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:11v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 4:53v median −0:13
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Block 07 12:11Running 7 5:07v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 5:55v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 684
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 684 men who finished.