The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael DiFlorio finished 1,068th of 1,233 men in the Open division at Boston 2026, in 1:56:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 27% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:54 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 8:12Running 1 3:27v median −0:44
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Block 02 13:09Running 2 5:37v median +0:30
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Block 03 14:30Running 3 6:25v median +0:45
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Block 04 14:19Running 4 6:06v median +0:31
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 7:20v median +1:38
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 6:14v median +0:40
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Block 07 14:35Running 7 6:29v median +0:58
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Block 08 20:36Running 8 7:59v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.