The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alvaro Ponce & Jesus Alba Barroso finished 339th of 607 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:12:35.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:39 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Malaga gave the field time back: about 1:10 faster than the average race this season, by 709 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 4:24v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:55v median +0:11
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Block 03 7:58Running 3 5:29v median +0:27
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 5:33v median +0:30
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:38v median +0:29
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:24v median +0:21
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:42v median +0:38
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Block 08 9:11Running 8 5:23v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 602
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 602 men's teams who finished.