The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raul Castiñeira finished 1,395th of 1,500 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:42:52.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:13 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 10:09Running 1 5:40v median +1:04
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:21v median +0:57
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 5:30v median +0:49
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:32v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:42v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:35v median +0:55
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Block 07 16:11Running 7 5:46v median +1:06
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Block 08 14:40Running 8 6:53v median +1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.