The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:59 at Malaga 2026 put Darren Blackwell & Harry Sloman 121st of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 76% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:34 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 1:10.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 4:00v median −0:44
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Block 02 5:36Running 2 4:02v median −0:54
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Block 03 7:32Running 3 4:13v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 4:22v median −0:52
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:38v median −0:42
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:21v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:19v median −0:54
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Block 08 9:33Running 8 4:26v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 478
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 478 men's teams who finished.