The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Valauna Jackson finished 581st of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:49:02.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 2:16 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:18 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 11:33Running 1 6:08v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:58v median +0:13
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 6:41v median +0:36
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Block 04 15:57Running 4 7:20v median +1:13
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Block 05 13:35Running 5 7:46v median +1:29
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:46v median +0:38
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Block 07 13:11Running 7 6:41v median +0:32
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Block 08 15:20Running 8 7:10v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.