The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Gibbons finished 435th of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:42:04, faster than 55% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:52Running 1 5:26v median −0:47
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:05v median −0:40
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 5:24v median −0:41
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Block 04 13:32Running 4 5:48v median −0:19
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:07v median −0:10
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:55v median −0:13
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:03v median −0:06
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Block 08 16:38Running 8 6:55v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.