The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Douglas Ireland finished 773rd of 1,462 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:34:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:58 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 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 9:05Running 1 4:03v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:03v median −0:12
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:23v median −0:18
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:20v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:12v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:08v median −0:28
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Block 07 11:48Running 7 5:05v median −0:29
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 4:57v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.