The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Mello finished 1,103rd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:42:01.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:07. A harder second half: 6:46 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 10:17Running 1 5:52v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:23v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:05v median +0:48
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 7:36v median +2:09
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:22v median +1:04
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 6:11v median +0:57
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Block 08 17:59Running 8 10:32v median +4:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.