The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:58 at Malaga 2026 put Marcus Hughes 307th of 1,036 men in the Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 55% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse 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 8:14Running 1 3:52v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 3:59v median −0:30
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 4:14v median −0:30
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 4:16v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:25v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:20v median −0:27
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 4:18v median −0:31
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 4:32v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 992
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 992 men who finished.