The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:40 at Boston 2026 put Joe Johnson & Geoff Merritt 358th of 459 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:39Running 1 5:10v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:52v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:08v median +0:17
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 6:07v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:17v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:29v median +0:38
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 6:06v median +0:15
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Block 08 16:16Running 8 7:46v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
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.