The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Diego Cifuentes & Jefferson Villamil finished 542nd of 587 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:28:11.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 5:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:38, behind 96% of the field.
Valencia gave the field time back: about 1:17 faster than the average race this season, by 390 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 5:25v median +1:55
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 6:15v median +1:01
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Block 04 8:21Running 4 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:57v median +1:37
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:26v median +1:12
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 9:33v median +4:20
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 7:38v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.