The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mena Botros & Matt Petruso finished 268th of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:27:56.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Houston. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 6:43v median +0:52
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 6:09v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:07v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 6:17v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:30v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 6:14v median +0:29
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 6:20v median +0:38
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 6:30v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.