The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cory Smith finished 407th of 507 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:54:51.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:32. The race faded late: the second half went 4:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:39Running 1 5:14v median +0:46
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 5:59v median +0:37
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Block 03 12:50Running 3 6:17v median +0:32
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Block 04 15:00Running 4 6:23v median +0:33
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 7:10v median +1:01
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:18v median +0:24
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Block 07 15:35Running 7 6:47v median +0:50
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Block 08 19:16Running 8 6:55v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 481
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 481 men who finished.