The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, Matthew Whitesides & Darcy Bates crossed the line in 1:14:59: 226th of 1,179 mixed teams, faster than 81% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:59 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:22 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:25Running 1 4:10v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 5:08v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:39v median −0:29
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 5:30v median −0:43
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:37v median −0:45
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:41v median −0:33
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Block 07 8:41Running 7 5:23v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 6:02v median −0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
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.