The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Tuan Dang & Joseph Potenza crossed the line in 1:18:58: 136th of 276 men's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:48 on the median. A harder second half: 2:23 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 8:21Running 1 4:12v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:26v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 6:14v median +0:37
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 6:11v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:34v median +0:51
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:14v median +0:39
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 6:10v median +0:38
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 6:31v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.