The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tara Dickerson finished 391st of 648 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:50:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:15. The race faded late: the second half went 7:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:03Running 1 6:04v median −0:03
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:20v median −0:25
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Block 03 13:24Running 3 5:28v median −0:38
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 5:39v median −0:28
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:03v median −0:21
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 5:56v median −0:15
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Block 07 14:19Running 7 6:04v median −0:04
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Block 08 19:20Running 8 6:47v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.