The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:12:54 at Houston 2026 put Valeria Velasco 333rd of 386 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 29% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 4:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Houston gave the field time back: about 1:02 faster than the average race this season, by 654 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:56Running 1 6:57v median +0:49
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Block 02 10:51Running 2 6:15v median +0:27
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Block 03 16:32Running 3 7:08v median +1:01
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Block 04 18:39Running 4 7:01v median +0:55
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Block 05 13:43Running 5 6:38v median +0:20
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Block 06 10:46Running 6 7:55v median +1:45
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Block 07 16:07Running 7 7:09v median +1:04
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Block 08 20:22Running 8 8:54v median +2:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:07
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.