The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Nuno & Juan Perales finished 292nd of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:19:17, faster than 60% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:51Running 1 4:42v median −1:05
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:28v median −0:48
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:03v median −0:37
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 5:29v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:31v median −0:25
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:32v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 5:19v median −0:28
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 5:24v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.