The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:44 at Bilbao 2026 put Romain Holstein 821st of 1,500 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:15 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 3:57v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:09v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 4:27v median −0:14
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:24v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:44v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:32v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 4:54v median +0:14
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 5:27v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.