The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Leske Fernández finished 279th of 391 women in the Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:37:57.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:24 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:08 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 1:35. That was 9:49 off the time at Berlin 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:20Running 1 5:10v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:29v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 5:58v median +0:31
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:48v median +0:19
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 6:14v median +0:39
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 6:05v median +0:36
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 5:55v median +0:26
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 6:17v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 371
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 371 women who finished.