The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:36:40 at Cancun 2026 put Kareem Botros 731st of 768 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:13. A harder second half: 18:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:11 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Cancun ran slow: the 443 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 7:07 slower here than at their other races. 17:57 slower than at Houston 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:02Running 1 5:48v median +1:18
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Block 02 11:03Running 2 6:34v median +1:39
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Block 03 16:46Running 3 7:09v median +1:39
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Block 04 20:44Running 4 9:41v median +4:00
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Block 05 22:04Running 5 15:07v median +9:08
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Block 06 11:50Running 6 8:29v median +2:35
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Block 07 18:28Running 7 9:56v median +4:00
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Block 08 29:37Running 8 15:43v median +8:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:11
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.