The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merrick Elias finished 832nd of 1,079 men in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 1:46:01.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:44 faster at Tampa 2026 than at New York 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:03v median −0:52
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 4:57v median −0:04
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 5:53v median +0:18
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Block 04 12:53Running 4 5:55v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:45v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 5:36v median +0:11
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Block 07 15:04Running 7 5:48v median +0:24
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Block 08 18:51Running 8 6:15v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.