The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arturo Mendez finished 409th of 750 men in the Open division at Monterrey 2025, in 1:37:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:18. A harder second half: 2:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Monterrey cost the whole field time: about 1:48 more than the average race this season, going by 349 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:21Running 1 6:35v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 5:42v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:33v median −0:17
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 6:07v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:05v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:38v median −0:14
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 5:58v median +0:04
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Block 08 13:49Running 8 6:52v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.