The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Keith Sánchez finished 1,218th of 1,504 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2026, in 1:59:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:04Running 1 4:05v median −0:21
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Block 02 10:54Running 2 4:42v median −0:29
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Block 03 13:03Running 3 6:33v median +0:43
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 5:17v median −0:26
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:48v median +0:06
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Block 06 11:47Running 6 5:48v median +0:08
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Block 07 19:02Running 7 5:53v median +0:16
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Block 08 19:15Running 8 7:08v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:40
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.