The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rod Jones took 3rd of 17 in the 50–54 age group at Boston 2026, in 1:28:12.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:06. Quick through the roxzone: 5:31, ahead of 86% of the field.
The field ran 1:23 faster at Boston 2026 than at New York 2026, a quicker course than most.
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 7:55Running 2 4:40v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:47v median −0:58
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 5:07v median −0:36
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:14v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:51v median −0:48
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 4:54v median −0:47
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 5:40v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.