The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:24 at Malaga 2026 put Malcolm Hughes 346th of 474 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:20 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:08 better 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 9:45Running 1 4:58v median +0:46
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:55v median +0:26
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:07v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 4:55v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 4:56v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:07v median +0:16
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Block 08 13:45Running 8 5:11v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:55
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.