The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil Broomfield finished 640th of 1,233 men in the Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:32:45.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:24 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:23. A harder second half: 5:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:44Running 1 3:26v median −0:45
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:36v median −0:31
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 5:28v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 4:56v median −0:39
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:33v median −0:09
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 6:28v median +0:54
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Block 07 14:56Running 7 6:03v median +0:32
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 6:08v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1228
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,228 men who finished.