The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2026, Jonathan Buchanan crossed the line in 1:29:58: 115th of 250 men, faster than 54% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 40% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:45. The race faded late: the second half went 4:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:11v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:49v median −0:18
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:13v median −0:19
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 5:09v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:28v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:07v median −0:26
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:00v median −0:31
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Block 08 15:03Running 8 5:52v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 249
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 249 men who finished.