The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, Flavio Mitrotti & Valentina Pizzutilo crossed the line in 1:07:34: 141st of 866 mixed teams, faster than 84% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 90% of the field beaten on the runs, 58% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 2:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:22v median −0:57
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:04v median −0:57
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 4:23v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:17Running 4 4:23v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:33v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:30v median −0:48
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:24v median −0:55
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Block 08 8:37Running 8 4:36v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 864
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 864 mixed teams who finished.