The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kaupo Paltseri finished 579th of 1,036 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:21:02.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:32 on the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 2:51. That was 0:12 off the time at Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:49v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:49v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 4:59v median +0:15
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 5:10v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:14v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:19v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:06v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 5:08v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.