The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Smith finished in the top 10% of the field at Washington DC 2026, in 1:10:07 for 106th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 77% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:24 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:07, was faster than 98% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Washington DC 2026 and Houston 2026 were 3:57 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:07v median −1:04
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 3:47v median −1:28
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Block 03 8:13Running 3 4:03v median −1:38
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 4:08v median −1:31
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:16v median −1:29
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 3:51v median −1:45
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 4:00v median −1:34
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Block 08 10:10Running 8 3:38v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.