The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Murphy & Austin Cederquist finished 245th of 276 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:37:59.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:30 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 17:18, behind 99% of the field.
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 8:13Running 1 3:59v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 6:06v median +0:54
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 8:53v median +3:16
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 6:23v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 6:07v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:48v median +1:13
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 6:12v median +0:40
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 7:25v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:18
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.