The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Grant Buchanan crossed the line in 1:17:50: 298th of 1,463 men, faster than 80% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:13 on the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:38. Stronger after halfway: 2:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Boston ran fast: the 807 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:03 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 5:07v median −0:45
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 3:55v median −0:57
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:32v median −0:45
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 4:44v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:09v median −0:18
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:37v median −0:41
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:27v median −0:47
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 4:40v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
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.