The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Matt Savidge & Zach Esposito crossed the line in 1:18:42: 135th of 276 men's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. The sled push was where this race was made, 0:31 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 7:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:24Running 1 3:29v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:51v median −0:21
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:27v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 5:11v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:14v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:12v median −0:23
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 7:05v median +1:33
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 9:40v median +3:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.