The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nasario Mejia finished 279th of 304 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 2:03:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 24% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 14:37. The race faded late: the second half went 13:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Tampa ran fast: the 565 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:00 quicker here than at their other races. That was 7:26 off the time at Washington DC 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 6:07v median +1:07
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 5:48v median +0:18
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 5:57v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:05v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 6:04v median +0:40
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 6:13v median +0:49
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Block 08 29:45Running 8 7:20v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:18
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.