Before is ``$$1$$'', so after is ``$$4$$'', Before: $$(31-1) \div (4+1) = 6$$, and John: $$6+1=7$$. 
There were $$31$$ runners competing in a race. The number of runners who finished before John is four times smaller than the number of runners who finished later than John. At what place did John finish? 
Options:
1: $$6$$ 
2: $$7$$ 
3: $$8$$ 
4: $$20$$ 
5: $$21$$ 