The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:19 at Washington DC 2026 put Ye Liang Yip & Zhi Xuen Lai 189th of 258 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:59 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Washington DC ran slow: the 487 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:17 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:10v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 6:37v median +1:10
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 7:29v median +1:39
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 7:33v median +1:46
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 7:11v median +1:23
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 7:09v median +1:27
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 6:51v median +1:10
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Block 08 10:44Running 8 6:02v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.