The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Madeleine Pierson finished in the top 10% of the field at Houston 2026, in 1:15:44 for 33rd of 648 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:30 on the median. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Houston gave the field time back: about 1:02 faster than the average race this season, by 654 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 4:55v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:29v median −1:16
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:45v median −1:21
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 4:51v median −1:16
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:01v median −1:23
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 4:53v median −1:18
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Block 07 4:46Running 7 4:42v median −1:26
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 5:39v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 638
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 638 women who finished.