The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paras Patel finished 256th of 304 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 1:50:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:12 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Tampa gave the field time back: about 1:00 faster than the average race this season, by 565 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 5:18v median +0:25
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 5:06v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 5:40v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:45v median +0:10
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 5:43v median +0:19
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Block 07 17:05Running 7 6:14v median +0:50
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 6:10v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 300
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 300 men who finished.