The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Donald Matthews & Ja'Juan Smith finished 149th of 220 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:27:01.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:09 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:49Running 1 6:26v median +0:52
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:05v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:39v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:27Running 4 5:40v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:01v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:00v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 7:19v median +1:45
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 6:40v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.