The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:21 at Buenos Aires 2026 put José Palencia 388th of 539 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:58 on the median. A harder second half: 1:37 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 Buenos Aires gained about 1:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:47Running 1 6:18v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 6:23v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 7:24v median +1:47
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 7:12v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 7:21v median +1:33
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Block 06 10:33Running 6 7:42v median +2:07
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 7:31v median +1:54
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 6:14v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 531
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 531 men who finished.