The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:38 at Bilbao 2026 put Hector Alfaya 1,220th of 1,500 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:39 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Bilbao ran fast: the 741 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:17Running 1 9:55v median +5:19
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 6:50v median +2:26
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 4:59v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:00v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:54v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 5:16v median +0:36
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 5:55v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.