The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ricardo Márquez finished 502nd of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:13:11, faster than 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. A harder second half: 8:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:15, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 3:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 3:39v median −0:57
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Block 02 5:59Running 2 3:27v median −0:57
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Block 03 7:31Running 3 3:41v median −1:00
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Block 04 7:58Running 4 3:39v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 3:58v median −0:50
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:56v median +1:16
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 3:54v median −0:46
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 4:21v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
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.