The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Bill Bender & John Myers at Las Vegas 2026: 1:06:26, 70th of 1,006 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:38 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:18, was faster than 96% of the field.
Las Vegas cost the whole field time: about 2:25 more than the average race this season, going by 440 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:10Running 1 2:49v median −0:50
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:08v median −1:31
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Block 03 8:13Running 3 4:22v median −1:40
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 4:22v median −1:40
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:30v median −1:43
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:23v median −1:44
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:25v median −1:45
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Block 08 8:50Running 8 4:36v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 998
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 998 men's teams who finished.