The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stuart Small & Elliott Chorn finished 579th of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:36:38.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:03 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:36 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Houston ran slow: the 503 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:27Running 1 6:58v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 6:52v median +1:36
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Block 03 13:28Running 3 10:01v median +4:21
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 6:45v median +1:03
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:41v median +0:45
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:57v median +1:10
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 6:43v median +0:56
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 7:03v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:44
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.