The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, Stephane Zocca & Julien Beringuie crossed the line in 1:03:06: 196th of 861 men's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 92% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:18, was faster than 85% 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 7:52Running 1 3:51v median −0:59
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Block 02 5:24Running 2 3:41v median −0:52
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 3:53v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:19Running 4 3:58v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:27Running 5 4:00v median −0:55
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 3:57v median −0:52
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:03v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 4:17v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:18
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.