The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Speakes finished 765th of 1,036 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:27:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:49 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 9:06Running 1 4:34v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 4:41v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 4:48v median +0:04
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 4:59v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:05v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:00v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 5:34v median +0:45
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 6:10v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.