The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Edward Lau finished 447th of 626 men in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:47:18.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:30 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:42Running 1 4:24v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 6:15v median +0:23
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 6:14v median +0:25
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:16v median +0:26
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:23v median +0:42
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Block 07 19:46Running 7 6:24v median +0:47
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Block 08 11:40Running 8 6:33v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:59
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.