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Brandon Merson

USA M 25-29 n = 1462
Finish · net time
1:43:47
+10:30 v median 1:33:17
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:20 · 894 athletes
Men
1028/1462
25-29
218/281
Field beaten
30%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
31%
Runs
27%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
−0:01
v median
712/1462
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+1:21
v median
1050/1462
Rank

The race, in words

1:43:47 at Washington DC 2026 put Brandon Merson 1,028th of 1,462 men in the Open division.

If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:21 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:26 better against the middle of the field 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

  1. Block 01 9:20
    Running 1 4:21
    v median +0:10
    v median +0:17
  2. Block 02 9:52
    Running 2 5:30
    v median +0:15
    v median +1:17
  3. Block 03 13:18
    Running 3 7:01
    v median +1:20
    v median +1:19
  4. Block 04 13:56
    Running 4 6:43
    v median +1:04
    v median +1:21
  5. Block 05 12:19
    Running 5 6:40
    v median +0:55
    1000m Row 5:39
    v median +0:36
  6. Block 06 8:16
    Running 6 6:09
    v median +0:33
    v median −0:01
  7. Block 07 12:27
    Running 7 5:59
    v median +0:25
    v median +0:45
  8. Block 08 15:00
    Running 8 6:09
    v median +0:44
    Wall Balls 8:51
    v median +1:01

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 9:25

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:08
0:34 0:34
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:04
0:28 0:36
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:42
0:05 0:37
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:01
0:08 0:53
B5 · 1000m Row
1:04
0:14 0:50
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:43
0:29 1:14
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:44
0:50 1:54
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 10:32
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 10:32 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Washington DC 2026

See this race on page 41
Source Official
Event
Washington DC 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17F3
Measured against
Men · n = 1462