The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Samantha Anderson crossed the line in 1:20:23: 170th of 1,290 women, faster than 87% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:10 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Boston gave the field time back: about 2:20 faster than the average race this season, by 670 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:35Running 1 4:59v median −1:38
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 3:50v median −1:39
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 4:10v median −1:36
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 4:03v median −1:46
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 4:18v median −1:37
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:01v median −1:47
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:02v median −1:40
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 4:46v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1268
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,268 women who finished.