The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Taub finished 507th of 507 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 3:07:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 16:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:31 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
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 12:27Running 1 6:30v median +2:02
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Block 02 15:20Running 2 9:35v median +4:13
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Block 03 20:04Running 3 10:13v median +4:28
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Block 04 28:16Running 4 10:56v median +5:06
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Block 05 19:59Running 5 13:12v median +7:03
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Block 06 15:51Running 6 11:01v median +5:07
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Block 07 28:54Running 7 10:37v median +4:40
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Block 08 31:05Running 8 11:56v median +6:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:31
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.