The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Townsend took 3rd of 51 in the 40–44 age group at Boston 2026, in 1:01:42.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:52 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 3:35, ahead of 98% of the field.
Boston ran slow: the 181 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 slower here than at their other races. That was 1:06 off the time at Glasgow 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:05Running 1 3:01v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 3:37v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:35Running 3 3:44v median −1:02
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Block 04 6:34Running 4 3:42v median −1:01
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Block 05 7:45Running 5 3:42v median −1:02
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 3:46v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:09Running 7 3:41v median −1:01
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 4:10v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 339
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 339 men who finished.