The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Merkel finished in the top 10% of the field at Washington DC 2026, in 1:11:09 for 130th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:16 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:11, was faster than 87% of the field.
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 7:55Running 1 3:41v median −0:30
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:14v median −1:01
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:26v median −1:15
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:22v median −1:17
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:22v median −1:23
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:25v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 4:17v median −1:17
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 4:08v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.