The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Herman Kelly finished 948th of 1,462 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:40:17.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:06. A harder second half: 6:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Washington DC ran fast: the 894 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:03v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:38v median −0:03
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Block 04 12:53Running 4 5:51v median +0:12
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:21v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 5:59v median +0:23
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Block 07 15:05Running 7 6:16v median +0:42
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Block 08 17:13Running 8 6:29v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.