The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:18 at Bilbao 2026 put João Rocha 1,177th of 1,500 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 2:06. The race faded late: the second half went 4:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:25Running 1 4:30v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:51v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:02v median +1:21
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 5:34v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 5:46v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 5:15v median +0:35
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:38v median +0:58
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 6:39v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.