The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Puebla 2026, Heidi Gutierrez & Miriam Gonzalez crossed the line in 1:28:12: 197th of 855 women's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Puebla cost the whole field time: about 9:10 more than the average race this season, going by 335 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:03Running 1 4:48v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 5:57v median −0:30
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:56v median −0:58
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 6:05v median −0:50
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:00v median −1:10
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:09v median −0:53
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 7:05v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:13v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 850
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 850 women's teams who finished.