The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gustavo Athie took 3rd of 19 in the 50–54 age group at Mexico City 2026, in 1:29:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:16 on the median. A harder second half: 3:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mexico City ran slow: the 954 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:46 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:49v median −0:30
-
Block 02 8:20Running 2 4:26v median −0:38
-
Block 03 9:01Running 3 4:31v median −1:17
-
Block 04 11:32Running 4 4:52v median −0:48
-
Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:07v median −0:29
-
Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:04v median −0:28
-
Block 07 12:04Running 7 4:57v median −0:34
-
Block 08 13:37Running 8 5:33v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 828
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 828 men who finished.