The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Nicole Shively at Houston 2026: 1:15:16, 19th of 386 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:29 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 better 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 9:57Running 1 5:06v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:23v median −1:25
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 4:44v median −1:23
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 4:34v median −1:32
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 4:55v median −1:23
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:47v median −1:23
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Block 07 4:45Running 7 4:40v median −1:25
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 4:47v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 384
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 384 women who finished.