The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Butler finished 290th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:23:41.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 29% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:49. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Malaga gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 1,071 athletes who raced both. Simon Butler's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 3:59v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:17v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 4:33v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 4:39v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:25v median −0:34
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 4:30v median −0:31
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Block 08 13:09Running 8 5:11v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.