The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Ricardo Hernández Venegas & Ernesto Hernández Venegas at Mexico City 2026: 1:02:01, 3rd of 436 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:00 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:01, was faster than 99% of the field.
Mexico City cost the whole field time: about 5:15 more than the average race this season, going by 568 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:59Running 1 3:04v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:01Running 2 3:26v median −1:44
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 3:46v median −1:59
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Block 04 6:46Running 4 3:42v median −2:00
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Block 05 8:05Running 5 3:42v median −1:59
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 3:47v median −1:51
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Block 07 6:43Running 7 3:46v median −1:50
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Block 08 8:02Running 8 3:56v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 430
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 430 men's teams who finished.