The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bilbao 2026, Ben Manser crossed the line in 1:16:44: 678th of 1,500 men, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:02 ahead of the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 3:22. An improvement of 1:52 on Poznan 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:39v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:41v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:24v median +0:43
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 5:04v median +0:22
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 5:11v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:59v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 5:18v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
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.