The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Silver finished 163rd of 440 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:28:03, faster than 63% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:07 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:54 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 894 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:28v median −0:47
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 4:24v median −0:55
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 4:55v median −0:48
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 4:58v median −0:45
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:40v median −1:09
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:15v median +1:31
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Block 07 9:34Running 7 4:56v median −0:40
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 4:46v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 439
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 439 men who finished.