The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Damien Roberts finished 313th of 440 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:44:19.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:32 on the median. A harder second half: 6:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:56Running 1 4:59v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 6:16v median +0:57
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 6:42v median +0:59
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 6:22v median +0:39
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 7:11v median +1:22
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Block 06 9:57Running 6 7:50v median +2:06
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Block 07 12:39Running 7 6:45v median +1:09
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Block 08 16:03Running 8 8:06v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:40
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.