The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Jones finished 959th of 1,243 men in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:48:29.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:20 faster at Houston 2026 than at Dallas 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:58Running 1 9:54v median +4:28
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 6:04v median +1:03
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Block 03 12:03Running 3 6:14v median +0:50
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 6:15v median +0:48
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:29v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:25v median +0:57
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Block 07 13:17Running 7 6:16v median +0:50
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Block 08 16:07Running 8 7:07v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
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.