The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:56 at Houston 2026 won the 55–59 age group for Paige Merkle, first of 17.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:27 on the median. A harder second half: 2:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:52, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Houston gained about 1:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:33v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 4:49v median −0:56
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 4:50v median −1:15
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 4:54v median −1:13
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 4:55v median −1:22
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 4:58v median −1:10
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 4:59v median −1:10
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Block 08 12:51Running 8 5:13v median −1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
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.