The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Malaga 2026, Luis Piñar Gutiérrez crossed the line in 1:13:46: 333rd of 1,036 men, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:43, ahead of 87% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:46v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:03v median −0:26
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:15v median −0:29
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 4:19v median −0:29
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:34v median −0:20
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:24v median −0:23
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 4:24v median −0:25
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 4:27v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:43
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.