The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Smith finished 449th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:36:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 2:51. 8:56 slower than at London Olympia 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:15v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:29v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 4:45v median −0:11
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Block 04 14:21Running 4 5:26v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:34v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:08v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:13v median +0:12
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Block 08 18:05Running 8 6:07v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.