The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Shelton & Tanya Shelton finished 1,010th of 1,179 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:40:46.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Chicago cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 421 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:28Running 1 5:22v median +0:57
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 7:01v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 7:52v median +1:44
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 8:29v median +2:16
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Block 05 13:05Running 5 8:37v median +2:15
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Block 06 10:04Running 6 8:09v median +1:55
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 9:22v median +3:09
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Block 08 15:52Running 8 11:12v median +4:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.