The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Kirchner finished in the top 10% of the field at Washington DC 2026, in 1:07:57 for 69th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 79% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:07 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:32, was faster than 99% of the field.
Washington DC ran fast: the 894 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 2:59v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 3:45v median −1:30
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 3:57v median −1:44
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Block 04 6:40Running 4 3:55v median −1:44
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Block 05 8:15Running 5 3:53v median −1:52
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 3:55v median −1:41
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Block 07 7:34Running 7 3:59v median −1:35
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 3:33v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1460
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,460 men who finished.