The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicolás Salas Valdés took 2nd of 28 in the 16–24 age group at Cancun 2026, in 1:21:02.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:02 on the median. A harder second half: 4:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:26, was faster than 86% of the field.
The field ran 1:41 slower at Cancun 2026 than at Guadalajara 2026, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:13v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:24v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 4:39v median −0:39
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:37v median −0:52
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:41v median −0:55
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 4:38v median −0:46
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 4:53v median −0:29
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 6:25v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 215
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 215 men who finished.