The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rusty Smith & Jimmy Smith finished in the top 10% of the field at Houston 2025, in 1:07:09 for 76th of 731 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:46 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 91% of the field.
Houston cost the whole field time: about 3:14 more than the average race this season, going by 368 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 4:20v median −0:56
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:11v median −1:12
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 4:16v median −1:28
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Block 04 7:57Running 4 4:27v median −1:25
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:21v median −1:44
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:29v median −1:29
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:27v median −1:29
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Block 08 8:25Running 8 4:33v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 729
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 729 men's teams who finished.