The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carlos Herrera finished 1,477th of 1,504 men in the Open division at Mexico City 2026, in 2:40:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 23:45 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 10:53Running 1 5:39v median +1:13
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Block 02 12:36Running 2 7:03v median +1:52
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Block 03 20:37Running 3 10:54v median +5:04
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Block 04 19:53Running 4 8:42v median +2:59
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Block 05 13:52Running 5 8:01v median +2:19
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Block 06 14:01Running 6 7:37v median +1:57
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Block 07 20:39Running 7 8:23v median +2:46
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Block 08 24:49Running 8 11:34v median +5:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 23:45
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.