The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Friend finished 199th of 1,264 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:20:19, faster than 84% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 68% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:48 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:30 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:37 more than the average race this season, going by 933 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:57v median −0:31
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:21v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:49v median −0:03
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:31v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:40v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:43v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 5:40v median −0:23
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Block 08 9:29Running 8 4:49v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1207
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,207 men who finished.