The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Rodriguez & Mark Garza finished 403rd of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:25:12.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:14 on the median. A harder second half: 1:10 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 10:08Running 1 6:18v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:33v median +0:17
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 6:01v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 6:23v median +0:41
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 7:26v median +1:30
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 6:19v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 6:03v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:38Running 8 6:09v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.