The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Francesco Ghirardani finished 177th of 474 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:16:03, faster than 63% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:39Running 1 4:06v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:12v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 4:30v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 4:29v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:27v median −0:28
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Block 06 5:53Running 6 4:27v median −0:24
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 4:33v median −0:18
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 4:35v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 458
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 458 men who finished.