The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Doherty & Ciaran Donaghey finished 339th of 349 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:36:18.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:55. A harder second half: 9:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:12 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 9:50Running 1 5:34v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:34v median +0:52
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 5:32v median +0:32
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:45v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:56v median +0:47
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Block 06 11:20Running 6 9:01v median +3:59
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 7:09v median +2:03
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Block 08 15:25Running 8 8:26v median +3:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 338
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 338 men's teams who finished.