The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ross Curran finished 316th of 474 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:26:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:02 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:47 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 8:28Running 1 4:08v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 4:24v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 4:43v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:03Running 4 4:42v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:49v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 5:17v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
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.