The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Chicago 2025, Amanda Fordyce crossed the line in 1:32:06: 524th of 1,127 women, faster than 54% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:09 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:41 faster at Chicago 2025 than at Chicago 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 4:38v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:55v median +0:08
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Block 03 11:28Running 3 6:02v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 6:17v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:18v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 5:57v median −0:13
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 6:22v median +0:14
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 7:08v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.