The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Mexico City 2026, Roxana Novoa crossed the line in 1:42:57: 437th of 1,301 women, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 51% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:59 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Mexico City cost the whole field time: about 7:26 more than the average race this season, going by 433 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:45Running 1 5:11v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 5:20v median −0:34
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Block 03 13:18Running 3 5:49v median −0:45
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 5:53v median −0:33
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 5:32v median −0:55
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 5:45v median −0:41
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 5:33v median −0:50
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Block 08 13:49Running 8 5:45v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:56
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1277
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,277 women who finished.