The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ernest Zapata finished 865th of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:20:40.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:35 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:59 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 9:17Running 1 4:41v median +0:05
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:23v median +1:59
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 4:28v median −0:13
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Block 04 8:55Running 4 4:35v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:53v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:33v median +0:53
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:06v median +0:26
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 5:06v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.