The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Malaga 2026, Marta Mercadal Orfila & Aina Defior Pons crossed the line in 1:23:38: 354th of 715 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:28 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:03 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 2:14.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 5:28v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:32v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:55v median +0:01
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Block 04 9:31Running 4 6:06v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:09v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:28v median +0:30
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Block 07 6:28Running 7 6:26v median +0:26
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 6:41v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 695
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 695 women's teams who finished.