The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adrian Balandra finished 732nd of 1,279 men in the Open division at Monterrey 2026, in 1:44:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:32 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Monterrey cost the whole field time: about 3:35 more than the average race this season, going by 435 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:55v median −0:19
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 5:06v median −0:15
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 5:36v median −0:29
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 5:43v median −0:18
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:09v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 5:58v median −0:02
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 6:07v median +0:05
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 5:56v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1270
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,270 men who finished.