The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lawrence Whitehurst & Steve Jones finished 295th of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:16:32.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:11. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Malaga ran fast: the 709 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:10 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:51v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:56v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 4:58v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:13v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:17v median +0:05
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:12v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 5:21v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.