The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oren Polak finished 801st of 1,462 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:35:12.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:57 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 10:08Running 1 5:00v median +0:49
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:27v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:38v median −0:03
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:32v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:28v median −0:17
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 5:27v median −0:07
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Block 08 18:06Running 8 5:05v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.