The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Estefany Ortega finished 721st of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:59:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:22Running 1 6:12v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 5:48v median +0:03
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Block 03 13:54Running 3 6:20v median +0:15
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Block 04 17:16Running 4 6:24v median +0:17
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:47v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:34Running 6 6:44v median +0:36
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 6:34v median +0:25
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Block 08 20:22Running 8 7:54v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.