The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:41 at Bilbao 2024 put Mikel Mencía Acosta 435th of 527 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:23. A harder second half: 4:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 1:06 faster than the average race this season, by 283 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 5:51v median +1:42
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:54v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:57v median +1:04
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 5:55v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:10v median +1:15
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 6:31v median +1:40
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Block 08 13:40Running 8 7:25v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 517
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 517 men who finished.