The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roberto Martinez & Vebi Sopi finished 482nd of 731 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:26:51.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:21. A harder second half: 2:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Houston ran slow: the 368 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:14 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:45v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:34v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:45v median +0:01
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 5:43v median −0:09
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:04v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:49v median −0:09
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 5:56v median +0:00
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Block 08 11:40Running 8 6:31v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.