The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:02 at Tampa 2026 put John DeStefano 920th of 1,079 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:18, behind 86% 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 10:54Running 1 5:50v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 5:57v median +0:56
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Block 03 12:19Running 3 6:25v median +0:50
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 6:37v median +1:09
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 6:54v median +1:21
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:38v median +1:13
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Block 07 16:43Running 7 8:06v median +2:42
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Block 08 17:32Running 8 6:55v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:18
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.