The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:33 at Washington DC 2026 put Samantha Beard 725th of 1,029 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Washington DC gained about 2:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 4:35v median −0:16
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:49v median −0:11
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Block 03 13:54Running 3 6:07v median −0:13
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Block 04 15:43Running 4 6:22v median +0:00
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 6:34v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:16v median −0:05
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Block 07 16:49Running 7 6:31v median +0:14
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 6:38v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1028
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,028 women who finished.