The race, in three figures
The race, in words
56:30 won the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026 for Gerard Darcy & Jim Murphy, first of 276 men's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:15 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:09 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:36, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a slow day in Boston. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:52Running 1 3:10v median −1:08
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Block 02 5:37Running 2 3:39v median −1:33
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Block 03 6:44Running 3 3:48v median −1:49
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Block 04 6:21Running 4 3:48v median −1:49
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Block 05 7:48Running 5 3:48v median −1:55
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 3:51v median −1:44
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Block 07 6:15Running 7 3:50v median −1:42
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Block 08 8:11Running 8 4:14v median −1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 266
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 266 men's teams who finished.