The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Spadaro finished 630th of 898 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:28:59.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:12 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:14 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:23 faster at Valencia 2026 than at Bologna 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 3:50v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 5:21v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:59v median +0:58
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 5:52v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:09v median +1:03
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 5:33v median +0:23
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 5:58v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.