The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Puebla 2026, Gerardo de Jesús Tavares Salazar crossed the line in 1:26:08: 225th of 1,412 men, faster than 84% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:48 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Puebla cost the whole field time: about 9:46 more than the average race this season, going by 631 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 3:16v median −0:46
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 4:38v median −0:51
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 5:42v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 4:57v median −1:09
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:32v median −0:49
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:42v median −0:30
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 5:48v median −0:29
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Block 08 14:35Running 8 6:45v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1389
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,389 men who finished.