The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paige Powell & Jack Elsbrock finished 709th of 1,179 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:27:43.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:47Running 1 4:33v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:54v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:01v median −0:07
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:08v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:07v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 6:28v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 7:11v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.