The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Sainz finished 1,099th of 1,454 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2025, in 1:57:35.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mexico City cost the whole field time: about 6:40 more than the average race this season, going by 879 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:03Running 1 6:05v median +0:40
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 6:52v median +1:12
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 7:17v median +1:04
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Block 04 14:53Running 4 7:36v median +1:24
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Block 05 13:37Running 5 8:17v median +1:47
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Block 06 10:49Running 6 8:40v median +2:20
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Block 07 15:34Running 7 8:36v median +2:19
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 7:34v median +1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1442
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,442 men who finished.