The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kurt Bortels finished 293rd of 304 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 2:12:46.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 18:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:43 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Tampa gained about 1:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:04Running 1 6:04v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 5:48v median +0:48
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 6:01v median +0:31
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Block 04 14:18Running 4 6:27v median +1:02
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 7:09v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 6:59v median +1:35
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Block 07 25:24Running 7 7:10v median +1:46
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Block 08 23:40Running 8 9:10v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:43
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.