The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben DePalo & Bradford Lane finished 273rd of 459 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:26:48.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:32 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:49Running 1 5:02v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 6:08v median +0:46
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 6:18v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:28v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:58v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:46v median +0:55
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 6:56v median +1:05
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 7:34v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
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.