The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jenny Balko finished 275th of 386 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:56:44.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:02 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:24 worse 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 13:17Running 1 8:17v median +2:09
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 7:09v median +1:21
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 7:33v median +1:26
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Block 04 16:05Running 4 7:57v median +1:51
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Block 05 13:48Running 5 8:21v median +2:03
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Block 06 10:21Running 6 8:05v median +1:55
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Block 07 13:51Running 7 8:20v median +2:15
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Block 08 16:24Running 8 8:38v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:34
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.