The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:01 at Washington DC 2026 put Aaron Puller 344th of 440 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:13 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:44 faster at Washington DC 2026 than at Atlanta 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:32v median +1:17
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Block 02 11:04Running 2 6:59v median +1:40
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Block 03 12:26Running 3 6:50v median +1:07
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Block 04 14:06Running 4 7:09v median +1:26
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Block 05 12:19Running 5 7:07v median +1:18
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:42v median +0:58
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Block 07 14:47Running 7 6:49v median +1:13
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 6:42v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.