The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:27 at Guadalajara 2026 put Gerardo Melquiades on the age-group podium: 3rd of 25 in the 50–54 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:11 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:20, ahead of 86% of the field.
Guadalajara cost the whole field time: about 3:20 more than the average race this season, going by 543 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:09v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 5:04v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:43v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 5:32v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:52v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:22v median −0:29
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 5:34v median −0:19
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Block 08 12:46Running 8 5:36v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1319
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,319 men who finished.