The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Washington DC 2026, Raizel Pongracz crossed the line in 1:23:19: 57th of 530 women, faster than 89% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:32 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:10, was faster than 96% of the field.
Washington DC gave the field time back: about 2:22 faster than the average race this season, by 719 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 3:41v median −1:14
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:20v median −1:49
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 4:32v median −1:58
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 4:17v median −2:17
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 4:31v median −2:04
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:23v median −2:09
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 4:32v median −1:56
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 4:07v median −2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 530
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 530 women who finished.