The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mercedes Novales finished 597th of 1,127 women in the Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:34:41.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:19 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:56Running 1 4:52v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 6:25v median +0:38
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:26v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:46Running 4 6:45v median +0:37
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 6:58v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 6:28v median +0:18
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 6:51v median +0:43
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 7:36v median +0:39
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.