The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruben Cuevas Gutierrez finished 227th of 1,504 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2026, in 1:24:10, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:43 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Mexico City cost the whole field time: about 4:46 more than the average race this season, going by 954 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:38Running 1 3:07v median −1:19
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:00v median −1:11
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:03v median −0:47
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 4:54v median −0:49
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:36v median −1:06
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 4:46v median −0:54
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 4:20v median −1:17
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 4:46v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1484
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,484 men who finished.