The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Varun Varadaraj at Tampa 2026: 1:11:18, 88th of 1,079 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:27 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:24 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:12, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Tampa gained about 1:00. 3:46 slower than at New York 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:29v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:11v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 4:16v median −1:19
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:12v median −1:16
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Block 05 8:41Running 5 4:07v median −1:26
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:07v median −1:18
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 4:07v median −1:17
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Block 08 9:09Running 8 4:10v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1064
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,064 men who finished.