The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Baillie finished 490th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:40:34.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:18 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:26 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 10:12Running 1 5:14v median +0:53
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 5:27v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 6:06v median +1:10
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 6:13v median +1:13
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 6:28v median +1:22
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:11v median +1:12
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Block 07 13:33Running 7 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 6:42v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.