The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elizabeth Potempa finished 548th of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:47:18.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:26 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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 11:15Running 1 6:17v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:50v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:59v median −0:06
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Block 04 15:08Running 4 6:16v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:21v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:16v median +0:08
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 6:09v median +0:00
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 7:45v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:26
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.