The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stelios Michael finished 548th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 2:04:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:58 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
The field ran 4:11 faster at Malaga 2026 than at Malaga 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:00Running 1 7:01v median +2:40
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 7:44v median +3:06
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Block 03 13:14Running 3 8:06v median +3:10
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Block 04 17:08Running 4 7:54v median +2:54
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Block 05 14:06Running 5 8:18v median +3:12
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Block 06 10:23Running 6 7:50v median +2:51
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Block 07 19:13Running 7 7:48v median +2:47
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Block 08 17:51Running 8 9:04v median +3:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:58
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.