The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luís Meireles & Patrícia Faceira finished 666th of 866 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2026, in 1:24:36.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:34. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:03Running 1 6:08v median +0:49
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 6:14v median +0:57
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 6:23v median +1:06
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 6:19v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:30v median +1:12
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 6:37v median +1:18
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:45v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.