The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ariel Mercado finished 1,220th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:49:35.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:49 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:24Running 1 6:57v median +1:05
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Block 02 11:57Running 2 7:38v median +2:46
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 6:42v median +1:25
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 6:15v median +1:00
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:47v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:40v median +1:22
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Block 07 18:28Running 7 7:22v median +2:08
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 8:03v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.