The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, Andrew Linares & Joaquin Loera crossed the line in 1:17:00: 241st of 727 men's teams, faster than 67% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:42 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:34 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 9:43Running 1 5:44v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:50v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:31v median −0:09
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 5:56v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:40v median −0:16
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:14v median −0:33
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 5:00v median −0:47
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 5:18v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:36
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.