The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alejandro Garca Zaplana finished 265th of 299 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2023, in 1:37:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:26 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:49 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 1:14 faster than the average race this season, by 181 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:53v median −0:19
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 4:46v median +0:10
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Block 03 13:05Running 3 5:40v median +0:38
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Block 04 13:32Running 4 5:53v median +0:57
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:28v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:01v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 5:59v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 294
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 294 men who finished.