The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oscar Chen finished 674th of 1,005 men in the Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:39:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:38 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:34v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 6:05v median +0:37
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Block 04 13:27Running 4 6:02v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:09v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:55v median +0:19
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Block 07 13:36Running 7 5:55v median +0:19
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Block 08 14:59Running 8 6:02v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 993
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 993 men who finished.