The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew St. Romain & Asa Grow finished 511th of 731 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:28:16.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. A harder second half: 3:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:00Running 1 5:53v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:35v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 6:45v median +1:01
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:43v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 7:12v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:50v median +0:52
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 7:18v median +1:22
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 8:58v median +2:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.