The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luis Martinez finished 1,389th of 1,462 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 2:14:54.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:20 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 10:35Running 1 5:26v median +1:15
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Block 02 11:18Running 2 6:31v median +1:16
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Block 03 17:38Running 3 9:01v median +3:20
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Block 04 17:09Running 4 9:24v median +3:45
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 7:58v median +2:13
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Block 06 10:50Running 6 7:27v median +1:51
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Block 07 20:21Running 7 7:04v median +1:30
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Block 08 20:14Running 8 11:15v median +5:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:20
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.