The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Austin Schmidt finished 150th of 268 men in the Pro division at Chicago 2025, in 1:21:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:16. The race faded late: the second half went 2:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Chicago gave the field time back: about 2:14 faster than the average race this season, by 161 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:22Running 1 3:06v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:10v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 4:32v median −0:21
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 4:40v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:53v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:42v median −0:12
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 4:38v median −0:18
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Block 08 15:08Running 8 5:22v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 266
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 266 men who finished.