The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:13 at Chicago 2025 put Kelly Townsend 528th of 1,127 women in the Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:24 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:11Running 1 4:17v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:50v median +0:03
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 6:28v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 6:35v median +0:27
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:45v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:39v median +0:29
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 6:41v median +0:33
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Block 08 13:35Running 8 7:31v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.