The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:14 at Washington DC 2026 put Valdez Lynch 1,255th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:34, behind 91% of the field.
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 10:06Running 1 4:40v median +0:29
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Block 02 10:49Running 2 6:31v median +1:16
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 7:04v median +1:23
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 7:09v median +1:30
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 8:32v median +2:47
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 8:25v median +2:49
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Block 07 15:05Running 7 9:38v median +4:04
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 8:11v median +2:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:34
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.