The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Mendoza finished 486th of 504 men in the Open division at Valencia 2026, in 2:02:38.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:23. The race faded late: the second half went 7:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:33 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
Valencia ran fast: the 667 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 4:54v median +1:34
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Block 02 10:32Running 2 6:40v median +2:00
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Block 03 13:46Running 3 7:01v median +1:58
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Block 04 13:47Running 4 7:01v median +1:55
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 7:56v median +2:34
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Block 06 10:15Running 6 7:19v median +2:08
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 7:09v median +1:50
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Block 08 22:23Running 8 13:09v median +7:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 302
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 302 men who finished.