The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc McConnell finished 715th of 1,243 men in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:36:48.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:02 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:39. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:57 faster at Houston 2026 than at Phoenix 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 6:12v median +0:46
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:29v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:49v median +0:25
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 6:00v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:10v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 6:03v median +0:35
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Block 07 14:23Running 7 6:08v median +0:42
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 6:20v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1231
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,231 men who finished.