The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Denyse Cowling finished 680th of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:55:33.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:59 on the median. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:41 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Houston gained about 1:02. 5:18 faster than at Toronto 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:50Running 1 7:08v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 6:08v median +0:23
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 6:28v median +0:23
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Block 04 17:43Running 4 6:47v median +0:40
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Block 05 13:21Running 5 7:31v median +1:14
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Block 06 10:09Running 6 7:06v median +0:58
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Block 07 14:44Running 7 7:28v median +1:19
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 8:36v median +1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.