The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alyssa Malecki & Erykah Simpson finished 1,074th of 1,539 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:36:17.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Chicago cost the whole field time: about 1:16 more than the average race this season, going by 663 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 5:00v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 7:04v median +0:43
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 7:40v median +1:04
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 7:33v median +0:52
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:32v median +0:41
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 7:46v median +0:59
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 7:32v median +0:46
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 8:32v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.