The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:30 at Houston 2026 put Alan Chen & Kien Yee 673rd of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:34, behind 86% of the field.
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 11:49Running 1 7:01v median +1:14
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 6:42v median +1:26
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 7:51v median +2:11
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 8:11v median +2:29
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Block 05 13:34Running 5 8:38v median +2:42
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Block 06 10:24Running 6 8:17v median +2:30
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 8:33v median +2:46
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 8:16v median +2:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:34
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.