The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jimmy Manuele & Chris Smith finished 683rd of 727 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2026, in 1:52:01.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:02Running 1 6:47v median +1:00
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 7:46v median +2:30
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 8:01v median +2:21
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 8:37v median +2:55
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Block 05 13:20Running 5 8:42v median +2:46
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Block 06 11:12Running 6 9:06v median +3:19
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Block 07 14:24Running 7 9:33v median +3:46
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 12:05v median +6:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:10
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.