The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christina Schmitz & Caroline Smyczek finished in the top 10% of the field at Chicago 2025, in 1:13:54 for 140th of 1,539 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:07, was faster than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Chicago. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:16.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:44v median −1:05
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:54v median −1:27
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:09v median −1:27
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:16v median −1:25
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:18v median −1:33
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:10v median −1:37
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 5:08v median −1:38
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 5:50v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1532
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,532 women's teams who finished.