The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Chicago 2025, Brooke Sterr crossed the line in 1:29:48: 451st of 1,127 women, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:22 on the median. A harder second half: 1:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:49Running 1 4:40v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 6:00v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 6:10v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:25Running 4 6:14v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:10v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:12v median +0:02
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 6:03v median −0:05
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 6:40v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.