The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Donlon finished 337th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:26:54.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:38 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:42 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:48 better 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. An improvement of 7:50 on Dallas 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:57v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:13v median +0:35
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:21v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:30Running 4 5:21v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:31v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:25v median +0:26
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 5:31v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 5:37v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.