The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jake Painter finished 1,059th of 1,243 men in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:57:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 18:12 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 10:52Running 1 6:08v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 5:01v median +0:00
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 5:47v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:55Running 4 6:11v median +0:44
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Block 05 12:59Running 5 7:59v median +2:20
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Block 06 12:40Running 6 10:00v median +4:32
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 7:33v median +2:07
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Block 08 21:06Running 8 14:28v median +8:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:07
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.