The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jaime Heberto Ferra Nicolás finished 842nd of 850 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2026, in 2:53:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 14:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 45:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:12 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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 10:47Running 1 5:48v median +1:29
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Block 02 11:42Running 2 6:16v median +1:12
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Block 03 16:09Running 3 6:57v median +1:09
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Block 04 17:18Running 4 7:08v median +1:28
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 7:16v median +1:40
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Block 06 15:52Running 6 8:23v median +2:51
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Block 07 28:29Running 7 8:10v median +2:39
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Block 08 41:37Running 8 21:38v median +15:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:12
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.