The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:18 at Washington DC 2026 put Madeline Gallagher & Katherine Bykowski 839th of 1,382 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:43 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC ran slow: the 884 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:42Running 1 6:26v median +1:01
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 7:40v median +1:09
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 7:57v median +1:07
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 7:46v median +0:54
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Block 05 12:50Running 5 7:25v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 7:19v median +0:30
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 6:56v median +0:08
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 5:49v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:32
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1381
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,381 women's teams who finished.