The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:33 at Valencia 2026 put Khaled El Emam 866th of 898 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 4:39 on the median. A harder second half: 4:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Valencia gained about 1:08. That was 5:08 off the time at Toronto 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 3:59v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:52v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 7:00v median +1:59
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 7:09v median +2:08
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:34v median +2:19
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Block 06 11:13Running 6 8:05v median +2:59
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 7:45v median +2:35
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Block 08 18:34Running 8 8:53v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:38
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.