The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Rose finished 806th of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 2:08:59.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 4:00 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:25Running 1 7:12v median +0:59
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Block 02 11:01Running 2 7:29v median +1:44
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Block 03 15:07Running 3 8:01v median +1:56
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Block 04 19:34Running 4 8:19v median +2:12
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Block 05 15:20Running 5 9:19v median +3:02
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Block 06 11:13Running 6 8:25v median +2:17
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 8:35v median +2:26
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 10:41v median +4:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.