The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sem Rongen & Lars Pouwels finished 375th of 607 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, in 1:14:09.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:06 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 8:08Running 1 4:16v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:17v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:40v median −0:22
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Block 04 8:00Running 4 4:48v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:01v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:58v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 4:51v median −0:13
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 4:49v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.