The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Megan Herman & Daniel Herman at Chicago 2025: 1:09:01, 73rd of 1,179 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:32 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:24, ahead of 95% of the field.
Chicago cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 421 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:28Running 1 3:21v median −1:04
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:28v median −1:23
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 4:24v median −1:44
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Block 04 7:52Running 4 4:27v median −1:46
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Block 05 9:13Running 5 4:33v median −1:49
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:33v median −1:41
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Block 07 8:30Running 7 4:36v median −1:37
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Block 08 9:41Running 8 5:02v median −1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1172
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,172 mixed teams who finished.