The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rashmi Sarna & Lakshmi Parmeswaran finished 1,359th of 1,539 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:49:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:50. Stronger after halfway: 1:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Chicago ran slow: the 663 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:16 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:02v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 6:43v median +0:22
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Block 03 15:02Running 3 7:05v median +0:29
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 6:57v median +0:16
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 7:41v median +0:50
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 7:20v median +0:33
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 7:29v median +0:43
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Block 08 16:13Running 8 8:51v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.