The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael DeFranco took 3rd of 118 in the 16–24 age group at Boston 2025, in 1:01:50.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 4:13 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:15, ahead of 96% of the field.
The field ran 1:35 faster at Boston 2025 than at New York 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:29v median −1:23
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Block 02 5:27Running 2 3:41v median −1:11
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 3:59v median −1:18
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Block 04 6:36Running 4 3:58v median −1:17
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:10v median −1:17
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:04v median −1:14
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Block 07 6:56Running 7 4:08v median −1:06
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Block 08 7:57Running 8 4:17v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1443
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,443 men who finished.