The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brendan OBrien & Kevin OBrien finished 255th of 459 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:25:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 81% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:09 on the median. A harder second half: 5:40 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 8:27Running 1 4:27v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:14v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 6:07v median +0:16
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 6:42v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 7:02v median +1:03
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 7:04v median +1:13
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 7:17v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:24Running 8 8:16v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.