The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:06:57 at Mexico City 2025 put Andres Mercado 1,233rd of 1,454 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 30:03 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 9:46Running 1 5:26v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 5:34v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 6:20v median +0:07
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 6:22v median +0:10
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Block 05 12:26Running 5 7:53v median +1:23
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Block 06 13:03Running 6 10:10v median +3:50
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Block 07 21:44Running 7 9:10v median +2:53
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Block 08 25:53Running 8 20:36v median +14:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:44
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.