The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun Pearce & Matthew Binkley finished 552nd of 726 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, in 1:34:42.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:42. A harder second half: 5:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 1:53 more than the average race this season, going by 426 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:57v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 6:21v median +0:39
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 6:33v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 6:33v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:54v median +0:38
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Block 06 11:12Running 6 9:19v median +3:11
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Block 07 10:59Running 7 6:39v median +0:29
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Block 08 13:49Running 8 8:47v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 701
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 701 men's teams who finished.