The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Flores Merida finished 255th of 578 women in the Open division at Cancun 2026, in 1:46:10, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cancun cost the whole field time: about 7:23 more than the average race this season, going by 255 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 4:44v median −0:12
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Block 02 10:19Running 2 5:33v median −0:04
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 5:58v median −0:14
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 5:44v median −0:37
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 5:29v median −1:00
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:51v median −0:33
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Block 07 12:54Running 7 5:35v median −0:45
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Block 08 15:18Running 8 6:36v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 549
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 549 women who finished.