The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Johnson & Terry Thornton finished 471st of 817 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:26:29.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:49. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC cost the whole field time: about 1:17 more than the average race this season, going by 487 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:38v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:43v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 5:59v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 6:18v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 6:16v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:11v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 6:43v median +0:46
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 7:49v median +2:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 658
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 658 men's teams who finished.