The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Jacob Rioux at Houston 2026: 1:13:20, 34th of 335 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 71% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:18 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 95% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:54v median −1:20
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 3:34v median −1:25
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 3:59v median −1:26
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Block 04 9:08Running 4 3:53v median −1:33
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:03v median −1:33
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:02v median −1:22
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 3:58v median −1:24
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 4:26v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 335
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 335 men who finished.