The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Katherine Blackmore crossed the line in 1:32:58: 575th of 1,290 women, faster than 55% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 86% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:01 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:15 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 11:25Running 1 6:35v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 5:32v median +0:03
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 5:59v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 5:59v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:15v median +0:20
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Block 06 11:39Running 6 9:23v median +3:35
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:59v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 6:33v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.