The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:22 at Valencia 2026 put Michael Ward 706th of 898 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:35. A harder second half: 3:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Valencia ran fast: the 667 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 quicker here than at their other races. 10:16 slower than at Glasgow 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:20v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 4:14v median −0:28
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 5:27v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:28v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:24v median +0:18
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 4:47v median −0:23
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 6:13v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.