The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gareth Baker & Erik Villa finished 214th of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:24:16.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 5:21. Stronger after halfway: 12:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:46Running 1 5:31v median −0:20
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Block 02 11:59Running 2 4:42v median −0:39
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 4:54v median −0:47
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:49v median −0:59
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:07v median −0:50
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:56v median −0:49
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 4:54v median −0:48
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 5:02v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.