The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carlos Ortega Castaño finished 1,355th of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:39:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:38, behind 91% of the field.
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 9:52Running 1 5:25v median +0:49
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:13v median +0:49
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Block 03 12:33Running 3 6:14v median +1:33
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 6:04v median +1:22
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:29v median +1:41
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:58v median +1:18
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Block 07 12:51Running 7 6:01v median +1:21
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 6:36v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.