The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:56 at Tampa 2026 put Marcelo Vargas 744th of 1,079 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:46 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:44 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 10:55Running 1 6:20v median +1:25
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Block 02 10:08Running 2 6:39v median +1:38
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 7:44v median +2:09
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 7:29v median +2:01
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:42v median +2:09
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 7:18v median +1:53
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 6:48v median +1:24
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Block 08 14:54Running 8 7:25v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.