The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Lyons & Vlad Gladtskov finished in the top 10% of the field at Houston 2026, in 1:05:23 for 18th of 220 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 66% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:03 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:11, was faster than 95% 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 8:07Running 1 4:22v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:55v median −1:11
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 4:02v median −1:31
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Block 04 6:29Running 4 4:08v median −1:29
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Block 05 8:45Running 5 4:23v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:39Running 6 4:15v median −1:20
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Block 07 7:01Running 7 4:04v median −1:30
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 4:32v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 220
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 220 men's teams who finished.