The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rona Smeak finished 1,159th of 1,290 women in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 2:04:01.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:59. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:17 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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 14:00Running 1 8:31v median +1:54
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Block 02 10:12Running 2 6:53v median +1:24
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Block 03 14:15Running 3 7:04v median +1:18
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Block 04 15:50Running 4 7:31v median +1:42
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 8:23v median +2:28
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Block 06 10:55Running 6 8:30v median +2:42
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Block 07 15:00Running 7 7:58v median +2:16
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Block 08 17:24Running 8 9:30v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:17
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.