The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Novak finished 302nd of 304 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 3:00:19.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 18:28. The race faded late: the second half went 23:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:17 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 12:39Running 1 7:34v median +2:41
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Block 02 13:43Running 2 8:09v median +3:09
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Block 03 16:53Running 3 8:33v median +3:03
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Block 04 26:06Running 4 8:44v median +3:19
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Block 05 14:47Running 5 9:25v median +3:50
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Block 06 12:23Running 6 9:10v median +3:46
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Block 07 33:19Running 7 9:12v median +3:48
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Block 08 37:21Running 8 13:07v median +7:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:17
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.