The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luis Enrique Valadez Meza took 3rd of 71 in the 40–44 age group at Mexico City 2025, in 1:20:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 66% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 3:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:53, was faster than 90% of the field.
Mexico City ran slow: the 879 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 6:40 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:09v median −1:09
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 4:23v median −1:15
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 4:34v median −1:30
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 4:36v median −1:27
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:40v median −1:42
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:29v median −1:37
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 4:28v median −1:41
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 3:57v median −1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 578
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 578 men who finished.