The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roberto Valverde finished 1,225th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 1:49:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 7:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:02 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 10:33Running 1 5:32v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 4:42v median −0:10
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Block 03 12:10Running 3 5:40v median +0:23
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Block 04 15:02Running 4 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:03v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:45v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:17Running 7 5:34v median +0:20
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Block 08 21:59Running 8 6:17v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:25
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.