The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Endika Alonso & Alvaro Calvo finished 137th of 861 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:01:28, faster than 84% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:15, was faster than 87% of the field.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 2:52 faster than the average race this season, by 382 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:42v median −1:08
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Block 02 5:34Running 2 3:40v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:12Running 3 3:46v median −1:03
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Block 04 6:30Running 4 3:54v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 3:54v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:12Running 6 3:45v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 3:45v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:53Running 8 4:16v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
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.