The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Longworth & Keir Watkinson finished in the top 10% of the field at Malaga 2026, in 1:04:52 for 47th of 546 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 74% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:41, ahead of 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 1:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:51Running 1 3:52v median −1:15
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 4:12v median −1:09
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 4:15v median −1:18
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Block 04 7:06Running 4 4:22v median −1:12
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Block 05 9:02Running 5 4:21v median −1:22
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:23v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 4:25v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 4:18v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 535
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 535 mixed teams who finished.