The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Santiago Mercado & Juan Carlos Martínez torres at Mexico City 2026: 1:10:15, 78th of 758 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 58% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:48 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:33, ahead of 95% 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 8:05Running 1 3:53v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:19v median −1:02
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 4:40v median −1:13
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:21v median −1:31
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:36v median −1:16
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:29v median −1:17
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 4:12v median −1:31
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Block 08 8:22Running 8 4:17v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 698
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 698 men's teams who finished.