The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:03:33 at Boston 2025 put Ben Eld 1,359th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:15. The race faded late: the second half went 22:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:26 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Boston gave the field time back: about 2:03 faster than the average race this season, by 807 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:10Running 1 6:14v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:19v median +0:27
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Block 03 12:50Running 3 5:57v median +0:40
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 5:59v median +0:44
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:20v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:55v median +0:37
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Block 07 18:56Running 7 5:36v median +0:22
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Block 08 28:44Running 8 12:36v median +6:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1443
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,443 men who finished.