The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Noah Spainhour finished 871st of 1,462 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:37:52.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better against the middle of the field than the first. 14:22 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 9:53Running 1 5:16v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:58v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 5:43v median +0:04
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 5:55v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 5:36v median +0:02
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 6:16v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:22
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.