The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Barcelona 2026, Ester Jiménez Celdrán & Carlos Lomas Artero crossed the line in 1:19:11: 506th of 1,013 mixed teams, faster than 50% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 4:49v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:43v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 5:01v median −0:31
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 5:04v median −0:26
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:11v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:15v median −0:18
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 5:21v median −0:12
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 5:31v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:57
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1007
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,007 mixed teams who finished.