The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Vella & Jeff Boyar finished 144th of 276 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:20:06.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:19. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:43Running 1 4:26v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:15v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:37v median +0:00
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 5:24v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:22v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:21v median −0:14
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 5:19v median −0:13
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 5:46v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
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.