The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:23:59 at Cancun 2026 put Margarita Valdez & Anselmo Merlin 613th of 617 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:05. The race faded late: the second half went 8:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:04 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Cancun ran slow: the 324 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 5:44v median +0:42
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Block 02 14:28Running 2 6:25v median +1:02
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Block 03 18:10Running 3 7:19v median +1:26
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Block 04 14:34Running 4 7:11v median +1:08
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Block 05 16:02Running 5 9:35v median +3:26
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 7:45v median +1:36
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 8:28v median +2:18
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Block 08 26:53Running 8 14:46v median +7:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:04
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 615
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 615 mixed teams who finished.