The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Meyer & Frederick Spicer finished 438th of 444 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 2:12:45.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:08. A harder second half: 6:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:04 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Washington DC ran slow: the 487 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:17 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:04Running 1 6:37v median +1:58
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 8:07v median +2:30
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Block 03 13:42Running 3 8:24v median +2:29
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Block 04 16:59Running 4 8:35v median +2:35
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Block 05 15:21Running 5 8:56v median +2:46
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Block 06 11:49Running 6 9:11v median +3:13
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Block 07 18:29Running 7 9:27v median +3:35
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 9:14v median +3:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 441
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 441 men's teams who finished.