The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, Joshua Kelly & Lainey Kelly crossed the line in 1:12:20: 148th of 1,179 mixed teams, faster than 87% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:48 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:33 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:48, was faster than 89% of the field.
Chicago ran slow: the 421 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 3:53v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:58v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:18v median −0:50
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:33v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:25v median −0:57
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:23v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 5:23v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:54Running 8 5:58v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:48
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.