The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Quansheng Lu & Chuan S Zhu finished 546th of 817 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:30:29.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:41 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:28Running 1 4:17v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 5:46v median −0:14
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 5:38v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:50v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:40v median −0:20
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 5:44v median −0:13
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 6:00v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.