The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Chicago 2025, Derec Schmidgall crossed the line in 1:18:44: 294th of 1,621 men, faster than 82% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 63% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:37 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:29v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:50v median −0:28
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 5:37v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 5:37v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:49v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:46v median −0:03
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 5:36v median −0:13
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:07v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1612
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,612 men who finished.