The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:42 at Malaga 2026 put Matthew Long 380th of 561 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:52 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 8:56Running 1 4:51v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:06v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:19v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:24v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:36v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 7:20v median +2:21
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 6:01v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.