The race, in three figures
Field beaten
89%
Runs
94%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−2:59
v median
21/418
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m SkiErg
−0:06
v median
160/418
Rank
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for James Safford at Boston 2026: 1:14:00, 28th of 418 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:59 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:30 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 3:54v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:41v median −0:30
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:38v median −1:07
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 4:52v median −0:51
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:47v median −1:07
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:35v median −1:04
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 4:33v median −1:08
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Block 08 9:40Running 8 5:04v median −1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:43
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:27
0:15
0:12
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:44
0:10
0:34
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:53
0:13
0:40
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:51
0:18
0:33
B5 · 1000m Row
0:41
0:11
0:30
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:04
0:34
0:30
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:04
0:34
0:30
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 406
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 406 men who finished.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 21:42 ahead
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Boston 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI18C6
Measured against
Men · n = 418