The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yupeng Gao finished 353rd of 626 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:38:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:10. The race faded late: the second half went 2:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 894 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 3:45v median −0:30
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 4:51v median −0:28
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:38v median −0:14
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 5:10v median −0:39
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:21v median −0:29
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 5:19v median −0:22
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Block 07 14:34Running 7 5:23v median −0:14
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 5:08v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.