The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruben Vega Ruiz finished 584th of 643 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:47:14.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:26 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Barcelona gained about 1:27.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 13:17Running 1 8:02v median +3:29
-
Block 02 11:28Running 2 8:07v median +3:26
-
Block 03 15:04Running 3 9:26v median +4:19
-
Block 04 11:52Running 4 6:05v median +1:01
-
Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:57v median +0:48
-
Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:01v median +0:58
-
Block 07 12:08Running 7 5:46v median +0:47
-
Block 08 14:59Running 8 7:00v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 638
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 638 men who finished.