The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, Marisa Bartlette Willis & Sarah Torok-Gerard crossed the line in 1:26:31: 632nd of 1,539 women's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:47. The race faded late: the second half went 2:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:07Running 1 4:19v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:40v median −0:41
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 6:03v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 6:31v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:31v median −0:20
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:34v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:47Running 7 6:39v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 7:21v median −0:05
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.