The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bilbao 2026, Zoltán Bölcs crossed the line in 1:16:22: 662nd of 1,500 men, faster than 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:33 on the median. A harder second half: 1:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 3:22 faster than the average race this season, by 741 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 5:21 on Dublin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:23v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:36v median +0:12
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 4:49v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 4:46v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:53v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:56v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:02v median +0:22
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 5:12v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.