The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:06 at Malaga 2026 put Holly Smith 333rd of 391 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:44 on the median. A harder second half: 4:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Malaga gave the field time back: about 1:35 faster than the average race this season, by 473 athletes who raced both. That was 11:43 off the time at Birmingham 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:22Running 1 6:02v median +1:07
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 6:27v median +1:14
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 6:06v median +0:39
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Block 04 14:27Running 4 6:15v median +0:46
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 6:36v median +1:01
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 6:43v median +1:14
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Block 07 6:42Running 7 6:39v median +1:10
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 6:18v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:26
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.