The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:42 at Bilbao 2026 put Ramon Mena pache 1,399th of 1,500 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 24% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:02 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 10:19Running 1 5:35v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:06v median +0:42
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 7:20v median +2:39
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 7:34v median +2:52
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 7:45v median +2:57
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Block 06 10:33Running 6 7:41v median +3:01
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 7:38v median +2:58
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 7:51v median +2:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.