The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Willacy finished 555th of 561 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 2:12:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 14:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 18:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:50 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 10:08Running 1 5:09v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:28v median +0:50
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 5:55v median +0:59
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Block 04 20:13Running 4 6:32v median +1:32
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 6:36v median +1:30
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 6:37v median +1:38
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Block 07 26:33Running 7 7:06v median +2:05
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Block 08 22:18Running 8 8:44v median +3:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.