The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dario Mendez Leal finished 1,052nd of 1,279 men in the Open division at Monterrey 2026, in 2:02:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Monterrey ran slow: the 435 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:35 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 4:29v median +0:15
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Block 02 12:12Running 2 5:32v median +0:11
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Block 03 13:51Running 3 6:32v median +0:27
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Block 04 15:43Running 4 6:54v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 6:51v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:23v median +0:23
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Block 07 21:46Running 7 8:00v median +1:58
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Block 08 19:14Running 8 7:48v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
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.