The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:25 at Bilbao 2026 put Eurico Bessa & Eugénia Maior 439th of 866 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 93% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:29, ahead of 91% of the field.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 2:28 faster than the average race this season, by 376 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 5:10v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:01v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 5:26v median +0:09
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:40v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 7:08v median +1:50
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 7:14v median +1:55
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Block 08 11:03Running 8 7:14v median +1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:29
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.