The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shannon Straughan took 3rd of 209 in the 35–39 age group at Houston 2026, in 1:13:21.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 4:00 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:53, was faster than 94% of the field.
Houston gave the field time back: about 1:02 faster than the average race this season, by 654 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:04v median −1:09
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:44v median −1:01
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:00v median −1:05
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Block 04 8:01Running 4 4:46v median −1:21
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 4:49v median −1:28
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:47v median −1:21
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:40v median −1:29
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 4:47v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 953
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 953 women who finished.