The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bilbao 2026, Kylian Blauwendraat crossed the line in 1:08:32: 279th of 1,500 men, faster than 81% of the field.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:01 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:15 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:13, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 3:22. That was 1:40 off the time at Stockholm 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:20v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:02v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:59v median +1:18
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:02v median −0:40
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:08v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:08v median −0:32
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 4:05v median −0:35
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Block 08 8:19Running 8 4:17v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:13
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.