The race, in three figures
The race, in words
César Criado Lainez & José Luis Criado Lainez finished 429th of 587 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:18:14.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:40 on the median. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:38Running 1 4:16v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:49v median +0:58
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 6:02v median +0:48
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 6:02v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:26v median +1:06
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 6:11v median +0:57
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 6:16v median +1:03
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Block 08 10:02Running 8 6:30v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 493
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 493 men's teams who finished.