The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Devon Van Buren finished 1,082nd of 1,290 women in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:56:20.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:03 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 2:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:16Running 1 7:58v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 6:56v median +1:27
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 7:11v median +1:25
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Block 04 16:10Running 4 7:05v median +1:16
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Block 05 13:58Running 5 8:05v median +2:10
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Block 06 9:32Running 6 7:28v median +1:40
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Block 07 15:46Running 7 7:32v median +1:50
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Block 08 17:12Running 8 9:38v median +3:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1268
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,268 women who finished.