The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Ancona-Cole finished 406th of 626 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:43:23.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 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 9:20Running 1 4:33v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:28v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 6:00v median +0:08
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 6:02v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:11v median +0:21
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 5:39v median −0:02
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Block 07 14:42Running 7 5:55v median +0:18
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Block 08 17:02Running 8 5:48v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.