The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lisa Mueller finished in the top 10% of the field at Chicago 2025, in 1:16:20 for 84th of 1,127 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:49 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:53 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Chicago gained about 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 3:26v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:18v median −1:29
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Block 03 12:41Running 3 4:30v median −1:33
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 4:17v median −1:51
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 4:24v median −1:51
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:22v median −1:48
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Block 07 9:06Running 7 4:16v median −1:52
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 4:55v median −2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:20
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.