The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, AB Rosenthal & Laszlo Vandracsek crossed the line in 1:12:36: 141st of 727 men's teams, faster than 81% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 94% of the field beaten on the stations, against 66% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:33 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 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 9:46Running 1 5:43v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:00v median −0:16
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 5:16v median −0:24
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 5:26v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:23v median −0:33
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:20v median −0:27
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Block 07 8:03Running 7 5:27v median −0:20
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:26v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:25
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 725
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 725 men's teams who finished.