The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Saul Puerta took 2nd of 19 in the 50–54 age group at Monterrey 2025, in 1:18:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:52, was faster than 90% of the field.
The field ran 7:44 faster at Monterrey 2025 than at Ciudad de Mexico 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:49v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:20v median −1:01
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:27v median −1:23
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:35v median −1:17
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:04v median −1:07
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:47v median −1:05
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 4:47v median −1:07
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 4:58v median −1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 652
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 652 men who finished.