The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, Katherine Newman & Francesca Armstrong crossed the line in 1:25:53: 173rd of 695 women's teams, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:53 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:51 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Washington DC ran slow: the 884 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 4:46v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:16v median −1:21
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:28v median −1:27
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:29v median −1:32
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:32v median −1:31
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:40v median −1:18
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 5:31v median −1:27
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Block 08 8:58Running 8 5:11v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:52
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 695
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 695 women's teams who finished.