The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Ferguson finished 968th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:36:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:52. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Boston gained about 2:03.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 5:53v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 5:12v median −0:05
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 5:14v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:08v median −0:19
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:19v median +0:01
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:00v median −0:14
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Block 08 16:58Running 8 6:13v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
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.