The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Manuel Melendez de la Fuente finished 886th of 1,036 men in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:35:44.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:03. A harder second half: 6:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Malaga ran fast: the 1,071 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:11v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 4:39v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 4:50v median +0:06
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 5:15v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:33v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:24v median +0:37
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Block 07 13:33Running 7 5:29v median +0:40
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Block 08 15:44Running 8 5:48v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
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.