The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Puebla 2026, Jose luis Herrera cortes crossed the line in 1:35:02: 472nd of 1,412 men, faster than 67% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:24 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 3:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:01Running 1 3:47v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:15v median −0:14
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 6:16v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 6:14v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:37v median +0:16
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Block 06 11:00Running 6 6:36v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 6:26v median +0:09
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Block 08 14:53Running 8 8:36v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.