The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kirsten Root finished in the top 10% of the field at Boston 2026, in 1:20:05 for 61st of 722 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:57 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:10 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:26v median −1:22
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:22v median −1:28
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 4:51v median −1:22
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 4:25v median −1:48
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:27v median −1:57
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:32v median −1:45
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:31v median −1:43
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 4:55v median −2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 721
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 721 women who finished.