The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:32 at Chicago 2025 put Mariana Costa & Aleyna Ozel 399th of 1,539 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 51% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:14 of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Chicago ran slow: the 663 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:16 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:23v median −1:26
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:24v median −0:57
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 6:08v median −0:28
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 6:08v median −0:33
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:57v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:53v median −0:54
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:56v median −0:50
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 6:45v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1532
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,532 women's teams who finished.