The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, Estefanía Dopazo & Tomás Machín crossed the line in 1:14:24: 355th of 866 mixed teams, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 2:05 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 9:20Running 1 5:14v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:07v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 5:38v median +0:21
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 5:29v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 5:23v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:29v median +0:11
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:42v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 5:46v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.