The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Wells finished 1,172nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:45:50.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:52, behind 95% of the field.
Boston ran fast: the 807 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:03 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:52Running 1 7:16v median +1:24
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 6:25v median +1:33
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 6:40v median +1:23
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 6:43v median +1:28
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Block 05 13:11Running 5 8:01v median +2:34
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:55v median +1:37
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 6:30v median +1:16
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 9:08v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:52
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.