The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Bexson took 2nd of 10 in the 50–54 age group at Malaga 2026, in 1:17:58.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 40% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 2:21. An improvement of 3:35 on London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:01v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 4:12v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 4:11v median −0:31
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 4:24v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:18v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:21v median −0:23
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 4:26v median −0:24
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Block 08 13:09Running 8 4:24v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 144
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 144 women who finished.