The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Lessem finished 834th of 1,264 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:44:39.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto ran slow: the 933 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:30v median +0:02
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:31v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 5:47v median −0:05
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 5:49v median −0:03
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:20v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:47v median −0:12
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Block 07 16:29Running 7 5:58v median −0:05
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Block 08 18:18Running 8 7:31v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.