The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mateo benjamin Fernández finished 472nd of 539 men in the Open division at Buenos Aires 2026, in 1:48:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:35, behind 92% of the field.
Buenos Aires ran fast: the 105 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:41v median −0:32
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:49v median +0:36
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Block 03 15:21Running 3 7:17v median +1:40
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:10v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:08v median +0:20
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:09v median +0:34
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Block 07 16:44Running 7 6:13v median +0:36
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 6:51v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.