The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:36 at Houston 2026 put David Pergande & Scott Murphy 640th of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 28% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:52. The race faded late: the second half went 2:40 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 11:13Running 1 6:30v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:57v median +0:41
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 6:17v median +0:37
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 6:21v median +0:39
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:57v median +1:01
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:17v median +0:30
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Block 07 14:06Running 7 6:36v median +0:49
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Block 08 14:56Running 8 7:31v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
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.