The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anthony Licona finished 1,191st of 1,243 men in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 2:22:54.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:19 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:04 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
The field ran 5:23 faster at Houston 2026 than at Houston 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:55Running 1 11:13v median +5:47
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 5:39v median +0:38
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Block 03 16:10Running 3 7:34v median +2:10
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Block 04 17:12Running 4 7:22v median +1:55
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Block 05 15:30Running 5 10:05v median +4:26
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Block 06 11:05Running 6 8:23v median +2:55
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Block 07 22:40Running 7 10:45v median +5:19
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Block 08 21:43Running 8 10:36v median +4:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:04
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.