The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Derek Nickel finished 882nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:33:05.
The stations carried this race: faster than 57% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 1:08 on the median. A harder second half: 4:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:03Running 1 5:47v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:57v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 6:26v median +1:09
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 6:58v median +1:31
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 6:18v median +1:00
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 5:44v median +0:30
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Block 08 14:44Running 8 6:42v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.