The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Heather Anzalone finished 224th of 386 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:47:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:33. A harder second half: 4:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:27Running 1 6:19v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:41v median −0:07
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 5:59v median −0:08
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Block 04 13:57Running 4 5:50v median −0:16
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:16v median −0:02
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:12v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 5:47v median −0:18
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Block 08 18:16Running 8 6:37v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.