The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ralph Lam finished 178th of 327 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:30:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:07 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:33 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Washington DC gained about 1:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:04v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 4:57v median −0:05
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Block 03 12:16Running 3 5:15v median −0:10
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 4:55v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:03v median −0:33
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:14v median −0:14
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 4:44v median −0:39
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 4:32v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 325
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 325 men who finished.