The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Engin Cirak & Ahlam Rafiee crossed the line in 1:18:59: 341st of 1,096 mixed teams, faster than 69% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 52% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 1:46 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 7:58Running 1 4:05v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:32v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:52v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 5:53v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:23v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 6:30v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 6:08v median +0:08
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 6:46v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1067
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,067 mixed teams who finished.