The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Immanuel Best finished 187th of 327 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:32:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:44 on the median. A harder second half: 2:03 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 8:27Running 1 3:54v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:07v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 6:19v median +0:54
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 6:31v median +1:03
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:33v median +0:57
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:45v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 6:44v median +1:21
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Block 08 13:47Running 8 6:47v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.