The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joel Matos finished 733rd of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:17:44, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:49 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field 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. Joel Matos's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:57v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:44v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:50v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 4:57v median +0:15
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:06v median +0:18
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 5:07v median +0:27
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Block 07 8:53Running 7 4:59v median +0:19
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:14v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
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.