The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aysha Welch & Sarah Menzel finished 633rd of 808 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:41:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Houston ran slow: the 419 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:56Running 1 5:50v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 6:26v median +0:17
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 6:46v median +0:21
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 6:42v median +0:11
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 7:11v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 7:03v median +0:28
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 7:28v median +0:53
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 7:42v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 805
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 805 women's teams who finished.