The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kayla Shymkewich finished 453rd of 1,127 women in the Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:29:56, faster than 60% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:19 ahead of the median. The farmers carry cost the most time: 1:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:23 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 8:37Running 1 4:02v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:30v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:33v median −0:30
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:39v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:50v median −0:25
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 5:42v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 5:56v median −0:12
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Block 08 14:41Running 8 6:47v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.