The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, Evan Smith & Marcquel Thomas crossed the line in 1:16:13: 241st of 731 men's teams, faster than 67% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:13 on the median. A harder second half: 4:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Houston. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:14.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:34v median −0:42
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:59v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:32v median −0:12
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Block 04 7:29Running 4 5:22v median −0:30
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:25v median −0:40
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:35v median +1:37
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 6:18v median +0:22
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:42v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.