The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tim Smith & David Smith finished 231st of 459 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:22:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Boston cost the whole field time: about 2:21 more than the average race this season, going by 355 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 4:02v median −0:26
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 4:42v median −0:40
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:15v median −0:36
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:14v median −0:37
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:49v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:15v median −0:36
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:16v median −0:35
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 6:04v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.