The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Boston 2025, Tom Fitzgerald crossed the line in 1:28:26: 714th of 1,463 men, faster than 51% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 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. Tom Fitzgerald's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 10:03Running 1 5:41v median −0:11
-
Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:48v median −0:04
-
Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:21v median +0:04
-
Block 04 10:44Running 4 5:13v median −0:02
-
Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:52v median +0:25
-
Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:40v median +0:22
-
Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:50v median +0:36
-
Block 08 14:33Running 8 6:15v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:46
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.