The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Odom finished 977th of 1,005 men in the Open division at Houston 2025, in 2:22:02.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:56 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
The field ran 3:01 faster at Houston 2025 than at Las Vegas 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:32Running 1 6:28v median +1:33
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 7:28v median +2:26
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Block 03 15:54Running 3 7:32v median +2:04
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Block 04 21:14Running 4 8:34v median +3:03
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 8:54v median +3:10
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Block 06 11:54Running 6 8:41v median +3:05
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Block 07 21:00Running 7 8:22v median +2:46
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Block 08 22:46Running 8 10:40v median +4:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:56
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.