The race, in three figures
The race, in words
enrique mendez took 2nd of 16 in the 55–59 age group at Mexico City 2026, in 1:32:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Mexico City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:16v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:38v median −0:33
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 4:54v median −0:56
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 4:47v median −0:56
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 4:59v median −0:43
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:12v median +0:32
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 4:55v median −0:42
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 5:03v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.