The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Iñigo Alvarez & Mikel Gaubeka finished 586th of 861 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:13:07.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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
-
Block 01 8:58Running 1 5:04v median +0:14
-
Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:49v median +0:16
-
Block 03 8:08Running 3 5:05v median +0:16
-
Block 04 8:07Running 4 5:17v median +0:29
-
Block 05 9:31Running 5 5:16v median +0:21
-
Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:24v median +0:35
-
Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:20v median +0:32
-
Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:36v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.