The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martika Thompson finished 622nd of 648 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 2:40:00.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:09. A harder second half: 2:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:21 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 13:29Running 1 7:51v median +1:44
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Block 02 17:14Running 2 12:57v median +7:12
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Block 03 22:25Running 3 13:30v median +7:24
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Block 04 20:27Running 4 8:34v median +2:27
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Block 05 16:47Running 5 9:50v median +3:26
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Block 06 13:01Running 6 9:24v median +3:13
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Block 07 20:09Running 7 9:26v median +3:18
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Block 08 23:15Running 8 11:59v median +5:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:21
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.