The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, Brennan Taylor & Bradley Bryant crossed the line in 1:18:51: 281st of 727 men's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:41 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 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 9:32Running 1 5:22v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:17v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:52v median +0:12
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 6:04v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 6:10v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:43v median −0:04
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:29v median −0:18
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Block 08 10:32Running 8 6:17v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
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.