The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alazne Iturriaga & Pablo Oria at Bilbao 2026: 1:24:33, 2nd of 861 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:48 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Bilbao ran fast: the 382 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:32v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 5:25v median +0:52
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:35v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:48v median +1:00
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:54v median +0:59
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:52v median +1:03
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 5:57v median +1:09
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 5:54v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 858
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 858 men's teams who finished.