The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Cepeda finished 1,180th of 1,504 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2026, in 1:56:11.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. A harder second half: 10:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:50, behind 86% 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 9:35Running 1 4:17v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:00v median −0:11
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 5:57v median +0:07
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Block 04 14:14Running 4 6:40v median +0:57
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Block 05 13:34Running 5 7:52v median +2:10
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 7:50v median +2:10
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Block 07 19:23Running 7 12:50v median +7:13
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 6:48v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:50
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.