The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Praveen Kumar Bhardwaj finished 1,142nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:44:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:07Running 1 5:34v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 4:33v median −0:19
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 4:57v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:46v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:17v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:54v median −0:20
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Block 08 21:56Running 8 6:21v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.