The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mathis Kennington & Ross Biel finished 332nd of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:35:49.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:09, behind 96% 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 10:36Running 1 6:40v median +0:49
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 6:01v median +0:40
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 6:05v median +0:24
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 6:19v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:56Running 5 7:27v median +1:30
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:19v median +1:34
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:46v median +1:04
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 7:11v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:09
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.