The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Cheyns finished 757th of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:18:21.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:28 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:56 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Bilbao ran fast: the 741 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:22 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 1:20 on Gent 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 5:08v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:57v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 5:19v median +0:38
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 5:24v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:20v median +0:32
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 5:07v median +0:27
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 5:17v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.