The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Todd Shanks finished 838th of 1,264 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:44:43.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:07Running 1 4:16v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:31v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 6:01v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:14Running 4 5:57v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 5:52v median −0:21
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 5:52v median −0:07
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Block 07 15:09Running 7 6:10v median +0:07
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Block 08 19:38Running 8 5:42v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:06
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.