The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Bilbao 2026, José Javier Benítez Barbero crossed the line in 1:17:30: 723rd of 1,500 men, faster than 52% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:39 on the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:46. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 6:01 faster at Bilbao 2026 than at Madrid 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:40v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:33v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 4:47v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 5:03v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:43v median +0:03
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 4:43v median +0:03
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 4:54v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
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.