The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mehdi Rifai at Malaga 2026: 1:07:51, 59th of 561 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:22 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:52, was faster than 88% of the field.
Malaga gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 1,071 athletes who raced both. Mehdi Rifai's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:42v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 3:53v median −0:45
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 3:57v median −0:59
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 4:12v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 4:16v median −0:50
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 3:59v median −1:00
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:12v median −0:49
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Block 08 10:02Running 8 4:06v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 528
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 528 men who finished.