The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oscar Pacheco Valencia finished 1,287th of 1,412 men in the Open division at Puebla 2026, in 2:20:26.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:17. A harder second half: 10:11 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 9:49Running 1 4:54v median +0:52
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 7:11v median +1:42
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Block 03 17:47Running 3 10:43v median +4:33
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Block 04 17:21Running 4 8:30v median +2:24
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Block 05 17:49Running 5 12:21v median +6:00
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Block 06 13:26Running 6 9:34v median +3:22
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Block 07 15:55Running 7 9:00v median +2:43
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Block 08 25:25Running 8 14:47v median +7:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:31
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.