The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, Ryder Hamilton & Dirk Hamilton crossed the line in 1:10:04: 45th of 258 men's teams, faster than 83% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 96% of the field beaten on the stations, against 70% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:59 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC cost the whole field time: about 1:17 more than the average race this season, going by 487 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 4:13v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:15v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 5:30v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 5:29v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 5:23v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:21v median −0:21
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:58v median −0:43
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Block 08 8:23Running 8 4:26v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 258 men's teams who finished.