The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lauren Thomas & Ethan Thomas finished 916th of 1,179 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:34:47.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:22, behind 85% of the field.
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 8:43Running 1 4:49v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:50v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 7:03v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 7:13v median +1:00
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:46v median +1:24
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 7:38v median +1:24
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 7:05v median +0:52
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 8:31v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.