The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Christopher Vella & Dominic Caccioppoli crossed the line in 1:19:13: 186th of 459 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Boston ran slow: the 355 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:20v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:46v median −0:36
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 5:00v median −0:51
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 5:13v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:29v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:25v median −0:26
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 5:19v median −0:32
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 6:01v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 426
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 426 men's teams who finished.