The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hamid El Aarbaoui & Robert Stols won the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2026 in 55:34, first of 295 men's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:17 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:19 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:02, ahead of 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Valencia gained about 1:17.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:25Running 1 2:44v median −0:55
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Block 02 5:20Running 2 3:57v median −1:00
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Block 03 6:35Running 3 4:07v median −1:06
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Block 04 5:57Running 4 3:56v median −1:17
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Block 05 8:00Running 5 4:07v median −1:18
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Block 06 5:22Running 6 3:59v median −1:21
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Block 07 6:19Running 7 4:10v median −1:14
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Block 08 7:42Running 8 4:12v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 152
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 152 men's teams who finished.