The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Alex Albert crossed the line in 1:24:17: 542nd of 1,463 men, faster than 63% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 86% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:21 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:44Running 1 6:16v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:21v median +0:04
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 5:08v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:24v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:27v median +0:09
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 6:20v median +1:06
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 7:40v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.