The race, in three figures
The race, in words
April Ellington finished 878th of 961 women in the Open division at Houston 2026, in 2:23:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 6:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:16 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 14:01Running 1 7:36v median +1:23
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Block 02 13:14Running 2 9:11v median +3:26
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Block 03 15:39Running 3 6:37v median +0:32
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Block 04 21:26Running 4 7:30v median +1:23
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Block 05 16:09Running 5 9:23v median +3:06
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 8:11v median +2:03
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Block 07 17:12Running 7 7:22v median +1:13
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Block 08 20:02Running 8 10:13v median +3:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:16
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.