The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian Blair finished 953rd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:35:51.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:16 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 10:46Running 1 5:51v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:31v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:51v median −0:26
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 4:37v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:07v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:02v median −0:16
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 4:59v median −0:15
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Block 08 19:54Running 8 5:31v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.