The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Smoot & Will Smoot finished in the top 10% of the field at Houston 2026, in 56:58 for 3rd of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:23 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:26, was faster than 99% of the field.
Houston cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 503 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 4:10v median −1:41
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Block 02 5:25Running 2 3:39v median −1:42
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Block 03 6:11Running 3 3:48v median −1:53
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Block 04 6:05Running 4 3:45v median −2:03
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Block 05 7:39Running 5 3:42v median −2:15
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Block 06 5:05Running 6 3:41v median −2:04
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Block 07 6:22Running 7 3:49v median −1:53
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Block 08 7:54Running 8 4:02v median −1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 418
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 418 men's teams who finished.