The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Cassello & Alon Manela finished 351st of 459 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:35:38.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:37 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:43Running 1 5:06v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 5:36v median +0:14
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 6:43v median +0:52
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 6:14v median +0:23
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Block 05 12:19Running 5 6:36v median +0:37
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:19v median +0:28
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 6:18v median +0:27
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Block 08 12:46Running 8 7:27v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:37
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.