The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joel Okel finished 253rd of 268 men in the Pro division at Chicago 2025, in 1:49:27.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:13 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Chicago ran fast: the 161 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:14 quicker here than at their other races. That was 6:47 off the time at Paris 1 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 4:05v median +0:50
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 5:29v median +0:59
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Block 03 15:48Running 3 6:09v median +1:16
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 5:45v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:35v median +1:35
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Block 06 10:10Running 6 7:28v median +2:34
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Block 07 17:48Running 7 7:08v median +2:12
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 7:12v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.