The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Merrick took 3rd of 24 in the 45–49 age group at Houston 2026, in 1:20:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 86% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:42. Stronger after halfway: 2:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:35v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:12v median −0:47
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:20v median −1:05
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 4:29v median −0:57
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:26v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:16v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:26v median −0:56
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 4:38v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.