The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ethan Rong & Raymundo Chen Luo finished 253rd of 276 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:40:47.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:07 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:50 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 8:34Running 1 4:28v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:30v median +0:18
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:58v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 5:56v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:24v median +0:41
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:04v median +2:29
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Block 07 16:56Running 7 12:09v median +6:37
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Block 08 17:48Running 8 14:22v median +8:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.