The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lavin Benes & Joseph McKay finished 369th of 546 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:25:44.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 3:49 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:24Running 1 4:57v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:14v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 6:04v median +0:31
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 6:35v median +1:01
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:46v median +1:03
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 6:10v median +0:34
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Block 07 6:15Running 7 6:12v median +0:36
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 5:52v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
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.