The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Blanca Sanchez Ortega finished 369th of 386 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 2:33:39.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:42 slower than the median. A harder second half: 17:47 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 11:34Running 1 6:18v median +0:10
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Block 02 12:26Running 2 8:50v median +3:02
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Block 03 18:09Running 3 9:28v median +3:21
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Block 04 21:23Running 4 9:51v median +3:45
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Block 05 16:18Running 5 10:23v median +4:05
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Block 06 14:16Running 6 11:18v median +5:08
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Block 07 26:26Running 7 16:10v median +10:05
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Block 08 22:14Running 8 12:53v median +6:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.