The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Laird finished 487th of 1,835 men in the Open division at Anaheim 2025, in 1:25:29, faster than 74% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 59% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:30 on the median. A harder second half: 5:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Anaheim cost the whole field time: about 3:10 more than the average race this season, going by 783 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:09v median −0:48
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:22v median −0:46
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 4:36v median −0:57
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 4:48v median −0:46
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:17v median −0:36
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:02v median −0:38
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:11v median −0:29
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Block 08 18:00Running 8 11:04v median +3:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1828
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,828 men who finished.