The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Thomas finished 1,583rd of 1,621 men in the Open division at Chicago 2025, in 2:22:10.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 11:00. A harder second half: 16:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:47 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Chicago 2025 and Boston 2025 were 1:14 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 4:56v median +1:01
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Block 02 11:07Running 2 6:48v median +1:30
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Block 03 14:07Running 3 7:06v median +1:26
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Block 04 20:11Running 4 7:16v median +1:29
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Block 05 13:32Running 5 7:30v median +1:32
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 7:25v median +1:36
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Block 07 23:59Running 7 7:38v median +1:49
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Block 08 25:45Running 8 9:33v median +2:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1612
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,612 men who finished.