The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brad Barth finished 969th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:36:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:50 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:45 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 10:11Running 1 5:48v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:45v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 4:58v median −0:19
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Block 04 13:03Running 4 5:08v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:08v median −0:19
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:12v median −0:06
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Block 07 14:13Running 7 5:14v median +0:00
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 6:19v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
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.