The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Seamie O’Shea finished 1,263rd of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:33:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:50 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:26 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 8:55Running 1 4:10v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:17v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 4:35v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:32Running 4 4:45v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:24v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:10v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 5:02v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 6:12v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.