The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Gradski finished 911th of 1,243 men in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:46:03.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:11. A harder second half: 14:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 5:27v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:30v median +0:29
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:53v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 6:23v median +0:56
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 7:15v median +1:36
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Block 06 10:32Running 6 8:19v median +2:51
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Block 07 15:18Running 7 7:31v median +2:05
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 9:02v median +3:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:50
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.