The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Martin finished 413th of 423 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 2:22:44.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:57. A harder second half: 7:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:09, behind 93% 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. That was 7:37 off the time at Washington DC 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:13Running 1 6:58v median +1:59
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Block 02 10:42Running 2 6:55v median +1:50
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Block 03 17:08Running 3 8:09v median +2:38
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Block 04 17:59Running 4 7:43v median +2:13
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Block 05 14:44Running 5 8:51v median +3:14
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 7:31v median +2:05
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Block 07 21:50Running 7 11:22v median +5:55
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Block 08 22:58Running 8 12:59v median +7:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 417
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 417 men who finished.