The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Lee finished 1,601st of 1,835 men in the Open division at Anaheim 2025, in 2:05:29.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:06 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:22 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Anaheim ran slow: the 783 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:10 slower here than at their other races. That was 50:09 off the time at Houston 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:33Running 1 6:17v median +1:20
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 6:27v median +1:19
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Block 03 12:46Running 3 6:57v median +1:24
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Block 04 18:14Running 4 8:01v median +2:27
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Block 05 14:28Running 5 8:28v median +2:35
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Block 06 10:26Running 6 8:15v median +2:35
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Block 07 17:03Running 7 7:19v median +1:39
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Block 08 20:37Running 8 12:29v median +5:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.