The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:13 at Houston 2025 put Chris Gilmer & Michael Melendez 405th of 731 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:30 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 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 9:21Running 1 5:29v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 6:01v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 6:21v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 7:03v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:33v median +0:35
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 6:31v median +0:35
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 6:37v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.