The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Palmer & Seth Ford finished 346th of 422 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:37:24.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the SkiErg, 0:47 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 11:49 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 12:52Running 1 7:51v median +2:00
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Block 02 12:26Running 2 10:10v median +4:49
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Block 03 14:27Running 3 10:19v median +4:38
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 6:40v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:45v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:20v median +0:35
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 6:01v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:05Running 8 6:29v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.