{"id":150815,"date":"2026-05-08T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/08\/stats-of-the-week-the-fastest-judge\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:41:32","slug":"stats-of-the-week-the-fastest-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/08\/stats-of-the-week-the-fastest-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat(s) Of The Week: The Fastest Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalchallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Capital Challenge<\/a> three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit (17:48) on the men\u2019s side and to Judge Florence Pan (25:39) of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on the women\u2019s side. Kavanaugh, for his part, finished in 26:23.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Fitzhenry from the Office of Legal Counsel had the fastest time among male runners (15:30), while The Washington Post\u2019s Emma Kumer came in first among female runners with a time of 17:46. \u201cAll The News That\u2019s Fit to Sprint,\u201d a team fielded by The New York Times, was the top-scoring team overall.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Arbeit\u2019s Tax Court team, \u201c540EZ,\u201d also won the dubious honor of Worst Team Name. The Best Team Name award went to NPR: \u201cDefunded But Not Outrunded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the other competition for the best (and worst) names included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Devil Wears Hokas (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Learned Feet 1 (DC Superior Court) and Learned Feet 2 (Federal Circuit)<\/li>\n<li>Call Me If You Chutkan (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>The Fast and the FRCP (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Res Ipsa No Quitters and Race ipsa loquitur (DC Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Resisting A Rest<strong> <\/strong>(DC Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>The Sovereign Immuniteam (Court of Federal Claims)<\/li>\n<li>Running Tariffied (International Trade Commission)<\/li>\n<li>Running Better Than DHS (Bloomberg Industry Group)<\/li>\n<li>Pro Slay (Law360)<\/li>\n<li>C-SPAN. C-SPAN Run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The race, which is sponsored by American Council of Life Insurers Inc. to raise money for Junior Achievement USA, featured members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, and the Washington press corps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/kavanaugh-places-fifth-among-federal-judges-in-dc-road-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kavanaugh Places Fifth Among Federal Judges in DC Road Race<\/a> [Bloomberg]<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicnow.com\/view\/A10CB231466D7A50EDDB5FACDDB1354FC59C2FE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ACLI Capital Challenge Hits $1 Million Milestone for Junior Achievement<\/a> [ACLI]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/stats-of-the-week-the-fastest-judge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stat(s) Of The Week: The Fastest Judge<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalchallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Capital Challenge<\/a> three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit (17:48) on the men\u2019s side and to Judge Florence Pan (25:39) of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on the women\u2019s side. Kavanaugh, for his part, finished in 26:23.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Fitzhenry from the Office of Legal Counsel had the fastest time among male runners (15:30), while The Washington Post\u2019s Emma Kumer came in first among female runners with a time of 17:46. \u201cAll The News That\u2019s Fit to Sprint,\u201d a team fielded by The New York Times, was the top-scoring team overall.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Arbeit\u2019s Tax Court team, \u201c540EZ,\u201d also won the dubious honor of Worst Team Name. The Best Team Name award went to NPR: \u201cDefunded But Not Outrunded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the other competition for the best (and worst) names included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Devil Wears Hokas (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Learned Feet 1 (DC Superior Court) and Learned Feet 2 (Federal Circuit)<\/li>\n<li>Call Me If You Chutkan (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>The Fast and the FRCP (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Res Ipsa No Quitters and Race ipsa loquitur (DC Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>Resisting A Rest(DC Court of Appeals)<\/li>\n<li>The Sovereign Immuniteam (Court of Federal Claims)<\/li>\n<li>Running Tariffied (International Trade Commission)<\/li>\n<li>Running Better Than DHS (Bloomberg Industry Group)<\/li>\n<li>Pro Slay (Law360)<\/li>\n<li>C-SPAN. C-SPAN Run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The race, which is sponsored by American Council of Life Insurers Inc. to raise money for Junior Achievement USA, featured members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, and the Washington press corps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/kavanaugh-places-fifth-among-federal-judges-in-dc-road-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kavanaugh Places Fifth Among Federal Judges in DC Road Race<\/a> [Bloomberg]<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicnow.com\/view\/A10CB231466D7A50EDDB5FACDDB1354FC59C2FE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ACLI Capital Challenge Hits $1 Million Milestone for Junior Achievement<\/a> [ACLI]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual Capital Challenge three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall.\u00a0 Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit (17:48) on the men\u2019s side and to Judge Florence Pan (25:39) of the D.C. 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