The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, Melanie Pieper & Brittany Ziaja crossed the line in 1:22:58: 473rd of 1,539 women's teams, faster than 69% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 61% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:35 on the median. A harder second half: 2:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Chicago cost the whole field time: about 1:16 more than the average race this season, going by 663 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:20v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:57v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 6:08v median −0:28
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 6:16v median −0:25
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:14v median −0:37
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:54v median +0:07
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 7:09v median +0:23
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Block 08 11:17Running 8 7:16v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
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.