The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachael Fernandes finished 253rd of 530 women in the Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:44:26, faster than 52% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:31 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:42Running 1 5:17v median +0:22
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 6:17v median +0:08
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Block 03 12:21Running 3 6:40v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:40Running 4 6:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 6:40v median +0:05
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:34v median +0:02
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 6:42v median +0:14
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 6:13v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:33
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.