The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Martin Strauch at Bilbao 2026: 1:01:02, 44th of 1,500 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:05 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:11 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:01, ahead of 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 3:22. An improvement of 0:39 on Hamburg 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:30Running 1 3:32v median −1:04
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 3:37v median −0:47
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Block 03 7:10Running 3 3:47v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 3:48v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:01Running 5 3:55v median −0:53
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Block 06 5:19Running 6 3:53v median −0:47
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Block 07 7:02Running 7 3:52v median −0:48
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Block 08 7:58Running 8 4:00v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1483
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,483 men who finished.