The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Michels finished 490th of 1,621 men in the Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:23:50, faster than 70% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:14 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 5:07, ahead of 85% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:02v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 4:51v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 4:46v median −0:54
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 4:52v median −0:55
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:24v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 4:50v median −0:59
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 5:04v median −0:45
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Block 08 13:41Running 8 6:41v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.