The race, in three figures
The race, in words
TImothy Irwin & Matthew Waldner finished 205th of 276 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:28:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:43. The race faded late: the second half went 3:26 worse 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 8:36Running 1 4:27v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:16v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:45v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:50v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:52v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:45v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 5:49v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 6:59v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.