The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lauren Van Vlierbergen took 3rd of 213 in the 25–29 age group at Chicago 2025, in 1:07:42.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:36, was faster than 95% of the field.
Chicago ran fast: the 475 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 quicker here than at their other races. Lauren Van Vlierbergen's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:02v median −1:16
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 4:11v median −1:36
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:20v median −1:43
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 4:25v median −1:43
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:36v median −1:39
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:27v median −1:43
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Block 07 8:05Running 7 4:28v median −1:40
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:05v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:36
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1125
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,125 women who finished.