The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Meghan Bulman & Albert Taruc finished 1,037th of 1,179 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Chicago 2025, in 1:42:47.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:54. The race faded late: the second half went 2:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:31 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 10:15Running 1 5:42v median +1:17
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 7:26v median +1:35
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 7:27v median +1:19
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 7:40v median +1:27
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Block 05 12:55Running 5 7:56v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 7:38v median +1:24
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 8:05v median +1:52
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 8:32v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.