The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeff Meeks won the 55–59 age group at Washington DC 2026 in 1:17:11, first of 13.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 4:17 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Washington DC gained about 1:55. That was 1:25 off the time at Chicago - North American Open Championship 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:21Running 1 3:59v median −0:16
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:01v median −0:18
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 5:00v median −0:52
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 4:59v median −0:50
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 5:05v median −0:45
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:02v median −0:39
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:04v median −0:33
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Block 08 8:56Running 8 4:36v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 men who finished.