The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Cartelli & Noah Gustafson finished in the top 10% of the field at Houston 2026, in 1:03:17 for 30th of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:12 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:38 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:22, was faster than 99% of the field.
Houston ran slow: the 503 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 4:38v median −1:13
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Block 02 5:46Running 2 3:55v median −1:26
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Block 03 7:28Running 3 4:26v median −1:15
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Block 04 7:08Running 4 4:18v median −1:30
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:23v median −1:34
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 4:09v median −1:36
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Block 07 6:42Running 7 4:17v median −1:25
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Block 08 9:05Running 8 4:25v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.