The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cesar Rios & Mariano Ruiz finished 616th of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:40:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:45. The race faded late: the second half went 4:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:46Running 1 6:31v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 6:14v median +0:58
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 6:45v median +1:05
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 7:15v median +1:33
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:15v median +1:19
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 7:30v median +1:43
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Block 07 13:20Running 7 6:57v median +1:10
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 7:14v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.