The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Mike Piazza crossed the line in 1:13:36: 168th of 1,463 men, faster than 89% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:20 on the median. A harder second half: 1:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Boston gave the field time back: about 2:03 faster than the average race this season, by 807 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:21v median −1:31
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Block 02 5:39Running 2 4:01v median −0:51
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:07v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:06Running 4 4:55v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:02v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:45v median −0:33
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:54v median −0:20
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 5:27v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
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.