The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, Michael Bynum & Adam Firkus crossed the line in 1:18:37: 310th of 731 men's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:58Running 1 4:49v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 4:51v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:23v median −0:21
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:43v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:50v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:21v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:34v median −0:22
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 6:04v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.