The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Hillier finished 323rd of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:25:55.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:15 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:10v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:26v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 4:49v median −0:07
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:05v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:00v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:04v median +0:05
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 5:01v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:04v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.