The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ella Zarek finished 339th of 648 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:44:14.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:31 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:59. A harder second half: 6:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Houston gained about 1:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:42Running 1 6:29v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 5:26v median −0:19
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 5:08v median −0:58
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:30v median −0:37
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:12v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:40v median −0:31
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Block 07 5:49Running 7 5:46v median −0:22
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 6:23v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:42
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.