The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charles Martin took 3rd of 190 in the 30–34 age group at Cancun 2026, in 1:08:18.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:22 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:01 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:39, ahead of 96% of the field.
Cancun cost the whole field time: about 7:07 more than the average race this season, going by 443 athletes who raced both. 4:21 slower than at Boston 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:52v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 3:49v median −1:06
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 4:02v median −1:28
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Block 04 8:00Running 4 4:05v median −1:36
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Block 05 8:43Running 5 4:12v median −1:47
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:07v median −1:47
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Block 07 7:36Running 7 4:08v median −1:48
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 5:02v median −2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 755
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 755 men who finished.