The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Medel & Chelsea Richey finished 462nd of 706 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Washington DC 2026, in 1:43:20.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:46 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Washington DC cost the whole field time: about 2:00 more than the average race this season, going by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:37Running 1 6:00v median +0:30
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 7:29v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 8:03v median +1:06
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 8:37v median +1:36
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Block 05 13:36Running 5 8:21v median +1:22
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 8:16v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 8:09v median +1:15
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Block 08 12:58Running 8 8:02v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 706
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 706 women's teams who finished.