The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:39 at Chicago 2025 put Melissa Paulson 446th of 1,127 women in the Open division, ahead of 60% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:39 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:34. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Chicago gave the field time back: about 3:08 faster than the average race this season, by 475 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:20v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:48v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:59v median −0:04
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:52v median −0:16
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:07v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:54v median −0:16
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:49v median −0:19
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 6:19v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.