The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Illenyi & Jan Betancourt finished 557th of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:34:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 5:01 better against the middle of the field than before it. 11:46 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 10:51Running 1 6:28v median +0:41
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:57v median +0:41
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 6:07v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:59v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:08v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:18v median +0:31
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 5:30v median −0:17
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 6:27v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:46
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.