The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eric Blanco finished 598th of 1,079 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 1:32:51.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 33% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:46. A harder second half: 4:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Tampa ran fast: the 565 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:36v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:44v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 5:28v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:30v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 5:39v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:25v median +0:00
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 5:34v median +0:10
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 5:57v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1064
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,064 men who finished.