The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shawn Kelley & Micah Smyth finished 328th of 731 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:19:32, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:45 on the median. A harder second half: 2:47 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 8:39Running 1 4:54v median −0:22
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:18v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:37v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 6:10v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:32v median +0:27
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:29v median +0:31
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 6:17v median +0:21
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 6:26v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.