The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alejandro Hernández finished 719th of 898 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:34:27.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:55 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Valencia gave the field time back: about 1:08 faster than the average race this season, by 667 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:26v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:32v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:17v median +0:16
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 5:49v median +0:48
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Block 05 17:46Running 5 12:08v median +6:53
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 4:59v median −0:07
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Block 07 9:10Running 7 4:48v median −0:22
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Block 08 12:10Running 8 5:41v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 684
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 684 men who finished.