The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, Rachel Skaistis & Antonio Cordova crossed the line in 1:22:39: 511th of 1,179 mixed teams, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Chicago. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:54v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:12v median −0:39
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 5:33v median −0:35
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:52v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:48v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:50v median −0:24
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 5:56v median −0:17
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Block 08 11:56Running 8 7:37v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
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.