The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alejandro Ruiz García finished 413th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:32:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Malaga ran fast: the 1,071 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:50v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:19v median −0:19
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 4:51v median −0:05
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Block 04 14:42Running 4 6:54v median +1:54
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:14v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:03v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 5:07v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.